Observational studyJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2020
The Impact of Home Health Physical Therapy on Medicare Beneficiaries With a Primary Diagnosis of Dementia.
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- Patient-Driven Grouping Model and Home Health Use Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2026Article
- Home Health Value-Based Purchasing and Postacute Home Health Visits Among Older Adults With Dementia.JAMA network open · 2026Observational
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Post-acute Home Health Services Among Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Post-Hospitalization Telerehabilitation is Acceptable and Feasible for Veterans With Dementia: A Secondary Qualitative Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025Article
- Implementing reablement for community dwelling people with dementia: A formative evaluation using single-case experimental design.Dementia (London, England) · 2025Article
- Skilled home healthcare utilization and outcomes for older adults with dementia: A scoping review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Associations of Days Spent at Home Before Hip Fracture With Postfracture Days at Home and 1-Year Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Living With Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementias.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Article
- Dementia knowledge among physiotherapists in Nigeria.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
- Home health utilization association with discharge to community for people with dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2022Article
- Mobility and Self-Care are Associated With Discharge to Community After Home Health for People With Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2021Article
- Association of Dementia Severity and Caregiver Support With Early Discharge From Home Health.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
- Characterizing symptom clusters for older adults with urinary incontinence in home healthcare.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundDementia is a leading cause of disability for adults older than 65 years. Exercise intervention slows functional decline and improves balance; however, the efficacy of physical therapy (PT) services for persons with dementia is unknown. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of home health PT services on physical function for Medicare beneficiaries with a primary diagnosis of dementia.
designObservational cohort study using a combined Medicare data set of home health beneficiaries; we performed augmented inverse probability weighted regression with demographic, comorbidity, and symptom-level characteristics analyzed as covariates.
settingHome healthcare, United States, 2012.
participantsMedicare beneficiaries who had a primary diagnosis of dementia and home health function evaluations at discharge (n = 1477).
interventionPT treatment, examined by (1) any PT and (2) PT visit number. MEASUREMENT: Improvement in composite activity of daily living (ADL) scores from home health admit to discharge.
resultsAny PT increased the probability of improvement in ADLs by 15.2% (P < .001). Compared to 1 to 5 PT visits, 6 to 13 visits increased the probability of ADL improvement by 11.6% (P < .001).
conclusionPT intervention is beneficial for ADL function improvement in Medicare home health beneficiaries with a primary diagnosis of dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:867-871, 2020.
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