A new study found that people with dementia receive less home health and hospice care in the final months of their lives. The study suggests that – despite appearing similar to those with other terminally ill diseases on a functionality basis – dementia patients may receive less home-based care because it is more difficult to […]
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A draft version of Medicare’s unified post-acute care payment model dropped earlier this month. Already, health care stakeholders are describing the plan as an “unworkable” model with “numerous fundamental flaws.” The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), were charged with developing a universal, […]
There are a sea of new housing models designed to better deliver care to seniors at home. Though the success of the models can be unclear, recent studies are beginning to shed light on what models do—and do not—work. In a recently published Forbes article, contributor Howard Gleckman details study findings related to Support and Services at […]
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