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Nursing home relocation

Nursing home relocation has been studied in 3 papers since 2024: 3 observational studies in people. The newest paper, Jul 22, 2025: “Changes in cognitive functioning and quality of life after relocation to a nursing home: a prospective longitudinal study of Swiss nursing home residents”.

Exposure

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“Relocating was accompanied by a significant short-term increase in depressive signs and symptoms in 2 out of 4 locations (P < .001).”
Depressive Signs and Daily Life of Residents When Relocating from a Regular to an Innovative Nursing HomeJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2024doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105298

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Amsterdam University Medical Centers and others
  • Humans3

What did studies of Nursing home relocation find?

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Studies of Nursing home relocation measured 1 outcome; the most studied are depressive symptoms (1 study).

Depressive symptoms

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1 study

  1. Nursing home relocation increases depressive symptoms in humans (P < .001 in 2 out of 4 locations).

    “Relocating was accompanied by a significant short-term increase in depressive signs and symptoms in 2 out of 4 locations (P < .001).”

    Humansrequiring 24-hour care2 weeksn = 97

    Depressive Signs and Daily Life of Residents When Relocating from a Regular to an Innovative Nursing Home

    Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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