Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants
| Control Group (n = 5) | Intervention Group (n = 5) | |
| Age (years) | 82.4 (7) | 80.0 (7) |
| Gender: number of women (%) | 3 (60%) | 5 (100%) |
| Marital status: number of married (%) | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) |
| Living situation: number living alone (%) | 4 (80%) | 4 (80%) |
| Length of Rehabilitation Stay in days (mean (SD)) | 25.4 (15) | 25 (18) |
| Length of Acute Hospital Stay (prior to Rehabilitation) in days (mean (SD)) | 12.5 (5) | 7 (3) |
| Home Ownership: number who owned their house (%) | 4 (80%) | 3 (60%) |
| Blaylock's Discharge Planning Risk Assessment Screen Score: score 0–40 | 10 (4) | 9.8 (3) |
| Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire number of errors (mean (SD)) | 1 (1) | 0.8 (1) |
| Home Services: number receiving (%) | ||
| Cleaning | 3 (60%) | 1 (20%) |
| Grocery Assistance | 3 (60%) | 0 (0%) |
| Gardening/Outdoor maintenance | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) |
| Reasons for admission: number (%) | ||
| Fall (without fracture) | 3 (60%) | 1 (10%) |
| Joint Replacement | 1 (20%) | 4 (80%) |
| Other | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) |