Skilled Nursing Facility-to-Home Trajectories for Older Adults With Mental Illness or Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine how mental illness (MI) and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) were associated with whether skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents returned to and remained in the community and if receipt of home health services was associated with post-SNF home time.

Design

Retrospective cohort study based on secondary data analyses.

Setting

New York State Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted to an SNF in 2014.

Participants

Total of 46,137 older adults admitted to SNFs and 25,357 discharged from SNFs to home.

Measurements

We used Medicare claims and assessment databases to derive our outcomes (discharge to the community and home time [i.e., days alive in the community]), determine MI/ADRD status, and obtain socio-demographic and

SUBMITTER: Simning A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8710182 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature