Connecting policy to licensed assisted living communities, introducing health services regulatory analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To document dementia-relevant state assisted living regulations and their changes over time as they pertain to licensed care settings.

Data sources

For all states, current directories of licensed assisted living communities and state regulations for each year, 2007-2018, were obtained from state agency websites and Nexis Uni, respectively.

Study design

We identified multiple types of regulatory classifications for each state and documented the presence or absence of specific dementia care provisions in the regulations for each type by study year. Maps and summary statistics were used to compare results to previous research and document change longitudinally.

Data collection/extraction methods

We used a policy analysis approach to connect communities l

SUBMITTER: Smith L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8143694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature