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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Post-acute Home Health Services Among Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.

Ming-Ting Yang, Helena Temkin-Greener, Peter Veazie, Shubing Cai

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ming-Ting YangDepartment of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1483-1572
Helena Temkin-GreenerDepartment of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Peter VeazieDepartment of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Shubing CaiDepartment of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.

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
Telemedicine and health disparities among community-dwelling older adults with ADRD during COVID-19 pandemicRF1AG073052 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI CAI, SHUBING · 2021 to 2021
$1.4M
Telemedicine and health disparities among community-dwelling older adults with ADRD during COVID-19 pandemicR01AG073052 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI CAI, SHUBING · 2024 to 2024
$245k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG073052NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG063811NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG073052
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Abstract

Home health is critical for older adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD), and more therapy and/or nursing visits are linked to better home health outcomes. Yet, whether visit frequency varies by race and ethnicity remains unclear. Using Medicare claims data in 2019 and 2021, we analyzed a cohort of 301,916 fee-for-service hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD, investigating differences in nursing and therapy visits within 30-day post-discharge across racial and ethnic groups, and changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. On average, patients received 5.1 nursing and 6.2 therapy visits pre-pandemic, declining to 4.6 and 5.2, respectively, in 2021. Black individuals experienced the most notable drop in nursing visits, while racially and ethnically minoritized groups consistently received fewer therapy visits compared to White counterparts, both before and during the pandemic. These results highlight persistent differences in home health utilization, with implications for policy promoting equitable access for minoritized populations.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCOVID-19DementiaEthnicityHome Care ServicesRacial GroupsAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHumansMaleMedicareSARS-CoV-2United StatesAlzheimer’s disease and related dementiaCOVID-19health equityhome healthpost-acute careracially and ethnically minoritized

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PMID40674602
PMCPMC12535154

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