Demographic Characteristics Driving Disparities in Receipt of Long-term Services and Supports in the Community Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research suggests that growth in Black and Hispanic (minority) older adults' nursing home (NH) use may be the result of disparities in access to community-based and alternative long-term services and supports (LTSS).

Objective

We aimed to determine whether minority groups receiving care in NHs versus the community had fewer differences in their functional needs compared with the differences in nonminority older adults, suggesting a disparity.

Methods

We identified respondents aged 65 years or above with a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease or dementia in the 2016 Health and Retirement Study who reported requiring LTSS help. We performed unadjusted analyses to assess the difference in functional need between community and NH care. Functional need was operational

SUBMITTER: Travers JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8119333 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature