biostudies-literatureBayer TAVA HSR&amp;DRRD VAHSRD VA105286https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12094069biostudies-literatureUnknown25(12)<h4>Objectives</h4>Skilled therapies (STs), including audiology, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, can address functional deficits in dementia. This study aims to quantify the association between ST and successful discharge after heart failure (HF) hospitalization in persons living with dementia.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Setting and participants</h4>We included veterans with dementia (VwD) hospitalized for HF in Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and then admitted to non-VA skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from January 2011 to June 2019.<h4>Methods</h4>Follow-up continued 120 days after SNF admission. We measured ST hours per week using MDS admission assessments. We defined successful discharge as SNF discharge occurring within 90 Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationSkilled Nursing Facility Rehabilitation Intensity and Successful Discharge in Persons with Dementia.PMC12094069CIN 13-465IK1 RX003904Wu WCJiang LBrowne JWSingh MRudolph JLKunicki ZJKelso CMMcGeary JEBayer TANubong TfalseSkilled Nursing Facility Rehabilitation Intensity and Successful Discharge in Persons with Dementia.<h4>Objectives</h4>Skilled therapies (STs), including audiology, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, can address functional deficits in dementia. This study aims to quantify the association between ST and successful discharge after heart failure (HF) hospitalization in persons living with dementia.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Setting and participants</h4>We included veterans with dementia (VwD) hospitalized for HF in Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and then admitted to non-VA skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from January 2011 to June 2019.<h4>Methods</h4>Follow-up continued 120 days after SNF admission. We measured ST hours per week using MDS admission assessments. We defined successful discharge as SNF discharge occurring within 90 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Dec2026-06-06T13:27:37.613Z2026-05-31T03:07:53.379ZS-EPMC120940693934160510.1016/j.jamda.2024.105286