Memory care reduces nursing home admissions among assisted-living residents with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We compare nursing-home and hospital admissions among residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in memory-care assisted living to those in general assisted living.

Methods

Retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD in large (>25 bed) assisted-living communities. We compared admission to a hospital, to a nursing home, and long-term (>90 day) admission to a nursing home between the two groups, using risk differences and survival analysis.

Results

Residents in memory-care assisted living had a lower adjusted risk of hospitalization (risk difference = -1.8 percentage points [P = .014], hazard ratio = 0.93 [0.87-1.00]), a lower risk of nursing-home admission (risk difference = -2.2 percentage points [P < .001], hazard ratio =

SUBMITTER: Cornell PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature