For most individuals with AD, home is the best place to receive care during most of the disease course.
Preliminary work indicates that almost half of moves to a facility occur during a crisis.
Although risks for institutionalization have been studied, risks for unplanned moves have not been addressed. Categories of stressors described in Neuman s System Model will guide item categorization for instrument development. The instrument will be tested with CG who have placed their relative in an ALF or SNF in the prior six months. Planned moves will also prevent or decrease physical and psychological risk for both the CG and the individual with AD as well as decrease financial costs.