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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2022

Impact of COVID-19 on Structure and Function of Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Sites in North Carolina.

Neha Aggarwal, Philip D Sloane, Sheryl Zimmerman, Kimberly Ward, Christina Horsford

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Neha AggarwalSchool of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA.
Philip D SloaneCecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Departments of Family Medicine and Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: Philip_Sloane@med.unc.edu.
Sheryl ZimmermanCecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Schools of Social Work and Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Kimberly WardDuke University Health System, Durham NC, USA.
Christina HorsfordSchool of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USDuke University Health System · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Re-Entry Supplement: Investigation of Oral Microbial Enzymes for the Detection and Treatment of Periodontal DiseaseUL1TR002489 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, SHAHEEN, NICHOLAS J · 2018 to 2022
$48.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deeply affected all forms of long-term care for older adults, highlighting infection control issues, provider and staff shortages, and other challenges. As a comparatively new, community-based long-term care option, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) faced unique challenges. This project investigated the impact of COVID-19 on operations in all PACE programs in one US state.

designQualitative study. SETTING AND

participantsStructured interviews with administrators of all 12 PACE programs in North Carolina.

methodsInterviews were conducted December 2020 to January 2021 by trained interviewers over Zoom; they were transcribed, coded, and qualitatively analyzed using thematic analysis.

resultsReported COVID-19 infection rates among PACE participants for 2020 averaged 12.3 cases, 4.6 hospitalizations, and 1.9 deaths per 100 enrollees. Six themes emerged from analyses: new, unprecedented administrative challenges; insufficient access to and integration with other health care providers; reevaluation of the core PACE model, resulting in a transition to home-based care; reorientation to be more family-focused in care provision; implementation of new, creative strategies to address participant and family psychological and social well-being in the home; and major reconfiguration of staffing, including transitions to new and different roles and a concomitant effort to provide support and relief to staff. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: While facing many challenges that required major changes in care provision, PACE was successful in mounting a COVID-19 response that upheld safety, promoted the physical and mental well-being of participants, and responded to the needs of family caregivers. Administrators felt that, after the pandemic, the PACE service model is likely to remain more home-based and less reliant on the day center than in the past. As a result, PACE may have changed for the better and be well-positioned to play an expanded role in our evolving long-term care system.

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COVID-19Health Services for the AgedAgedHumansLong-Term CareNorth CarolinaPandemicsCOVID-19

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PMID35660385
PMCPMC9085456
OpenAlexW4229448545

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