Algorithm for predicting death among older adults in the home care setting: study protocol for the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-life in the Community Tool (RESPECT)
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Older adults living in the community often have multiple, chronic conditions and functional impairments. A challenge for healthcare providers working in the community is the lack of a predictive tool that can be applied to the broad spectrum of mortality risks observed and may be used to inform care planning.
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Advance care planning, Clinical prediction rule, Frail older adults, Home care, Mortality, Survival analysis, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Forecasting, Humans, Independent Living, Male, Middle Aged, Ontario, Proportional Hazards Models, Risk Assessment, Survival, Validation Studies as Topic, Algorithms, Death, Home Care Services, Research Design