Table 2 Past three months’ service use and medical conditions measured at baseline

Prior GP visits

183 (64.4)

Prior outpatient visits

33 (11.6)

Prior ED visits

6 (2.1)

Prior inpatient hospital use

87 (30.6)

Prior home nursing use

35 (12.3)

Prior dementia specialist care use

80 (28.2)

Prior community care use

226 (79.6)

Charlson index of co-morbidity

 No

43 (12.1)

 Mild

198 (55.9)

 Moderate

96 (27.1)

 Severe

17 (4.8)

Depression

37 (13.0)

Falls

25 (8.8)

Use of case management (hours)

1.8 (0–30)

3.0

ADL score

58.6 (0–100)

24.9

IADL score

3.5 (0–9)

2.3

GDS score

3.0 (1–7)

1.0

BPSD score

27.2 (0–107)

20.7

Carer stress score

10.4 (0–55)

9.8