Which Characteristics are Associated With Going Outside for People Living With Dementia in Nursing Homes? A Cross-Sectional Study.

This cross-sectional study explores the frequency of going outside and characteristics that are associated with going outside for people living with dementia in nursing homes in the Netherlands. A subsample of a national survey in 353 nursing homes was used ( = 693). Two-thirds (66.

Developments in home-care use. Policy and changing community-based care use by independent community-dwelling adults in the Netherlands.

Reforms have recently been introduced in the Dutch care system in order to constrain the rising expenditure on long-term care. In this study we examined changes in community-based care use between 2004 and 2011 and changes in the explanatory effects of its determinants (health, personal and facilitating factors) that may result from these reforms. The study drew on care use registration data linked to data from national health surveys and income data from the tax authorities.