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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2023

End-of-Life Care Transitions in Assisted Living: Associations With State Staffing and Training Regulations.

Wenhan Guo, Shubing Cai, Thomas Caprio, Lindsay Schwartz, Helena Temkin-Greener

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wenhan GuoDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA. Electronic address: Wenhan_Guo@URMC.Rochester.edu.
Shubing CaiDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
Thomas CaprioDepartment of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
Lindsay SchwartzWorkforce & Quality Innovations, LLC, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Helena Temkin-GreenerDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
University of Rochester · USCenterforce · USUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on community-dwelling older adults with ADRDRF1AG063811 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI CAI, SHUBING · 2019 to 2020
$2.2M
Patient Safety Culture in Assisted Living: Association with OutcomesR01HS026893 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI TEMKIN-GREENER, HELENA · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
AHRQ HHS R01 HS026893NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG063811
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe examined the frequency and categories of end-of-life care transitions among assisted living community decedents and their associations with state staffing and training regulations.

designCohort study. SETTING AND

participantsMedicare beneficiaries who resided in assisted living facilities and had validated death dates in 2018-2019 (N = 113,662).

methodsWe used Medicare claims and assessment data for a cohort of assisted living decedents. Generalized linear models were used to examine the associations between state staffing and training requirements and end-of-life care transitions. The frequency of end-of-life care transitions was the outcome of interest. State staffing and training regulations were the key covariates. We controlled for individual, assisted living, and area-level characteristics.

resultsEnd-of-life care transitions were observed among 34.89% of our study sample in the last 30 days before death, and among 17.25% in the last 7 days. Higher frequency of care transitions in the last 7 days of life was associated with higher regulatory specificity of licensed [incidence risk ratio (IRR) = 1.08; P = .002] and direct care worker staffing (IRR = 1.22; P < .0001). Greater regulatory specificity of direct care worker training (IRR = 0.75; P < .0001) was associated with fewer transitions. Similar associations were found for direct care worker staffing (IRR = 1.15; P < .0001) and training (IRR = 0.79; P < .001) and transitions within 30 days of death. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: There were significant variations in the number of care transitions across states. The frequency of end-of-life care transitions among assisted living decedents during the last 7 or 30 days of life was associated with state regulatory specificity for staffing and staff training. State governments and assisted living administrators may wish to set more explicit guidelines for assisted living staffing and training to help improve end-of-life quality of care.

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Assisted Living FacilitiesHospice CareTerminal CareAgedCohort StudiesHumansMedicareUnited StatesWorkforceAssisted livingend-of-lifestaffingstate regulationstransition

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PMID36913979
PMCPMC10238640
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