State Variability in Assisted Living Residents' End-of-Life Care Trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A growing and increasingly vulnerable population resides in assisted living. States are responsible for regulating assisted living and vary in their requirements. Little is known about how this variability translates to differences in the dying experiences of assisted living residents. The objective of this study is to describe assisted living residents' end-of-life care trajectories and how they vary by state.

Design

Observational retrospective cohort study.

Setting and participants

Using Medicare data and a methodology developed to identify beneficiaries residing in larger assisted living communities (25+ beds), we identified a cohort of 40,359 assisted living residents in the continental United States enrolled in traditional Medicare and who died in 2016.

SUBMITTER: Thomas KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891318 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature