LONG TERM CARE HEALTH ASSESSMENT INVENTORY
                                 (LTC-HAI)
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Copyright 1999 by IMHN,  P.O. Box 578, Poway, CA 92074-0578



TEST:
    - Long Term Care Health Assessment Inventory

ACRONYM:
    - LTC-HAI

ITEMS:
    -

PURPOSE:
    - Assessment and treatment planning guidelines of geriatric 
      population;

POPULATION:
    - geriatric population in nursing homes, adult homes,
      long-term care facilities, home care, etc.;

DIMENSIONS ASSESSED:
    -

FORMS:
    - individual form for manual data entry;

ADMINISTRATION TYPE:
    - by caregiver, nurse, clinical technician, physician,
      psychologist, or psychiatrist;

ADMINISTRATION TIME:
    - approximately 55 minutes;

QUALIFICATIONS:
    - non-delusional, responsive and communicative;

PROFILE AVAILABILITY:
    - printed format, ASCII text format,

DELIVERY:
    - regular mail, fax, electronic download via secure servers,
      e-mail (patient names are deleted prior to delivery);

TURNAROUND:
    - 12 hours;

 DATA CHARACTERISTICS:
    - baseline for treatment impact, effectiveness, outcome studies,
      analyses of resource utilization, patient population profiling,
      quality assurance;