RISK OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION AMONG COMMUNITY LONG-TERM-CARE CLIENTS WITH DEMENTIA

South Carolina Community Long-Term Care (CLTC) data were used to ident ify factors increasing the risk of institutionalization in people with dementia. Clients diagnosed with dementia and observed at least twice between lune 1993 and December 1994 (N = 786) were studied. Logistic regression determined that clients with a decline in ADL function who were white, had a nonrelative or child as a caregiver, and were diagno sed with Alzheimer's disease were at increased risk of institutionaliz ation. Identifying CLTC clients at increased risk of institutionalizat ion could be useful in designing additional interventions to prevent i nstitutionalization or in planning the transition to institutional car e.