Hospice Aide Visits among Nursing Home Residents During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hospice aides are vital in delivering care to patients and family members at the end of life. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions in hospice care delivery, especially in long-term care settings. We aim to provide a description of hospice aide visits among nursing home residents enrolled in hospice during the first 9 months of 2020, as compared with the same months in 2019.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting and participants

153,109 and 152,077 long-stay nursing home residents enrolled in hospice in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Methods

On a monthly basis, we reported estimated probabilities of not having visits from hospice aides and adjusted visit minutes among those who had hospice aide visits for the 2019 and 2020 cohort, respectiv

SUBMITTER: Wang XJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067455 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature