Publication date: Sep 22, 2025
Internationally about 3% of people ≥65 years live in long-term care (LTC) settings. Older people living in nursing homes are more likely to be admitted to hospital. We examined the characteristics and outcomes of patients with strokes admitted from LTC nationally and how this changed over the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the Irish National Audit of Stroke 2019-2023 were analyzed by source of admission. An age-, sex-, and subtype-matched control group was derived from patients admitted from home. Pre-stroke and discharge modified Rankin disability scores (mRS) were analyzed. Data collected by hospitals and stroke services on patients admitted with acute stroke from LTC, home, and other settings. Of 25,451 admissions, 891 (3. 5%) came from LTC and 22,393 (88. 0%) from home, 864 (4. 6%) of 18,805 ≥65 years came from LTC. Patients’ median ages were higher from LTC (84 vs 74 years) and there were more women (58. 4% vs 42. 6%, P
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Covid | acute hospital care |
| Disability | COVID19 |
| Nursing | nursing home care |
| outcome | |
| Stroke |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | Stroke |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | Ischemic strokes |