Abstract
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. 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. 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=0.87 [-.79-0.95]), and a lower risk of a long-term nursing home admission (risk difference = -1.1 percentage points [P<.001], hazard ratio=0.71 [0.57-0.88]). Memory care is associated with reduced rates of nursing-home placement, particularly long-term stays, compared to general assisted living.
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