Add to ORKGOlder people with complex health issues and needs for functional support are increasingly living in different types of residential care environments as alternatives to nursing homes. This study aims to compare the demographics and health-care expenditures of Medicare beneficiaries by the setting in which they live: nursing homes, residential care settings, and at home using data from the 2002 to 2010 Medicare Current Beneficiary Study (MCBS), a nationally representative survey of the Medicare population. All Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older who participated in the fall MCBS interview (years 2002-2010) and were alive for the full year (N = 83,507) were included in the sample. We found that there is a gradient in health status, p...
The purpose of this study was to explore racial differences in home and community-based service (HCB...
Home health care is long-term care, primarily skilled nursing, delivered in a home setting. Its prov...
BACKGROUND: In order to optimize interventions and services in the community, it is important to ide...
Older people with complex health issues and needs for functional support are increasingly living in ...
ObjectivesLittle population-level evidence exists to guide the development of interventions for peop...
Background. With the aging of our population, an increased number of older Americans are expected to...
Do various subgroups of older Americans, as distinguished by gender, education, and race, exhibit di...
Background: The majority of older adults prefer to remain in their homes, or to “age-in-place.” To a...
Millions of older Americans are homebound and may benefit from home-based medical care. We character...
Data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging are used to examine the incidence of nursing home admissio...
The purpose of this study was to begin testing of a downward cross-level model for studying the abil...
In this article, the authors present findings on differences in Medicare costs between elderly benef...
Background: We examine who pays for services that support disabled older Americans at home. We consi...
This research was designed to explore factors that affect the choice of long-term care modalities in...
This article shows the supplemental in-surance distribution and Medicare spend-ing per capita by ins...
The purpose of this study was to explore racial differences in home and community-based service (HCB...
Home health care is long-term care, primarily skilled nursing, delivered in a home setting. Its prov...
BACKGROUND: In order to optimize interventions and services in the community, it is important to ide...
Older people with complex health issues and needs for functional support are increasingly living in ...
ObjectivesLittle population-level evidence exists to guide the development of interventions for peop...
Background. With the aging of our population, an increased number of older Americans are expected to...
Do various subgroups of older Americans, as distinguished by gender, education, and race, exhibit di...
Background: The majority of older adults prefer to remain in their homes, or to “age-in-place.” To a...
Millions of older Americans are homebound and may benefit from home-based medical care. We character...
Data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging are used to examine the incidence of nursing home admissio...
The purpose of this study was to begin testing of a downward cross-level model for studying the abil...
In this article, the authors present findings on differences in Medicare costs between elderly benef...
Background: We examine who pays for services that support disabled older Americans at home. We consi...
This research was designed to explore factors that affect the choice of long-term care modalities in...
This article shows the supplemental in-surance distribution and Medicare spend-ing per capita by ins...
The purpose of this study was to explore racial differences in home and community-based service (HCB...
Home health care is long-term care, primarily skilled nursing, delivered in a home setting. Its prov...
BACKGROUND: In order to optimize interventions and services in the community, it is important to ide...