The Relationship Between States' Staffing Regulations And Hospitalizations Of Assisted Living Residents.

ABSTRACT: Assisted living provides housing and long-term care services to more than 811,000 older adults in the United States daily and is regulated by the states. This article describes changes in the specificity of state regulations governing the staffing in assisted living settings (that is, requirements for sufficient staffing or staffing ratios or levels) between 2007 and 2018 and the association between these changes and rates of hospitalization among a national sample of assisted living residents, including a subgroup with dementia. We found that increased regulatory specificity for direct care workers (for example, a change from requiring "sufficient" direct care worker staffing to requiring a specific staffing ratio or level) was associated with a 4 percent reduction in the monthly risk for

SUBMITTER: Thomas KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227721 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature