Residents' escapes occur even if most of the nursing homes (NH) have set up specific devices to prevent from this risk. Therefore, the need to develop and validate a specific tool to assess the risk of escaping was obvious to the working group, aim at emphasizing patient centered-care by the nurses' staff and help to develop personalized devices. Aim of the study: develop and validate a specific tool to score the risk of escaping in NH residents Study design: Observational prospective multicentered cohort study Nursing homes volunteer to participate Location: Provence Alpes Cotes d'Azur Region ( South East of France) Population: 4050 NH residents. Duration: two years, each resident included is followed up for one year Measures: Nursing homes characteristics, residents characteristics ( social and from medical record); Escape Scale (25 items with a Yes/no answer; filled up during a nurses staff meeting for each resident and every three months; 3 sub scales: resident environmental items, social items, and medical items.
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Escape/elopement occurence
Timeframe: 2 years