A conceptual model for the mobility patterns of nursing home admissions

This article draws from the literature in long-term care, demography, and g eography to develop an initial conceptual framework to explain variations i n the patterns of nursing home moves. The conceptual framework is bolstered by preliminary data from state censuses of nursing homes that asked about the origins of current nursing home residents. The data suggest that a rela tively high proportion of nursing home residents move to a different county in the process of admission to a nursing home. The research and applied im plications of the framework are discussed.