[HTML][HTML] Naming racism as a root cause of inequities in palliative care research: a scoping review

K Algu, J Wales, M Anderson, M Omilabu, T Briggs… - BMC Palliative Care, 2024 - Springer
Background Racial and ethnic inequities in palliative care are well-established. The way
researchers design and interpret studies investigating race-and ethnicity-based disparities …

Hospice quality, race, and disenrollment in hospice enrollees with dementia

LJ Hunt, S Gan, AK Smith, MD Aldridge… - Journal of Palliative …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Racial and ethnic minoritized people with dementia (PWD) are at high risk of
disenrollment from hospice, yet little is known about the relationship between hospice …

Role of home health for community-dwelling older adults near the end of life: a resource beyond hospice?

A Oh, LJ Hunt, CS Ritchie, KA Ornstein… - Journal of palliative …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Medicare home health could be leveraged to care for those near the end of life
(EOL), especially for those who cannot access nor desire the Medicare hospice benefit. It is …

Functional and clinical needs of older hospice enrollees with coexisting dementia

KL Harrison, I Cenzer, AK Smith, LJ Hunt… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The Medicare Hospice Benefit increasingly serves people dying with
dementia. We sought to understand characteristics, hospice use patterns, and last‐month‐of …

[HTML][HTML] Transitions between skilled home health and hospice for persons living with dementia: a systematic review of literature

SE Bigger, RA Foreman, C Keinath… - Annals of Palliative …, 2024 - apm.amegroups.org
Background: In the United States (US), nearly one third of skilled home health (HH) patients
and nearly one half of hospice patients have diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease and related …

Hospice Readmission, Hospitalization, and Hospital Death Among Patients Discharged Alive from Hospice

EA Luth, C Brennan, SL Hurley… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Transitions in care settings following live discharge from hospice care are
burdensome for patients and families. Factors contributing to risk of burdensome transitions …

Improving policy and practices of hospice live discharge: A historical exploration of the medicare hospice benefit

CL Wallace, SP Wladkowski - Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Hospice care in the US is heavily regulated to ensure access to the Medicare Hospice
Benefit (MHB) for individuals with serious illness. Policy changes to the MHB, many of which …

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Caregiver Perspectives on Hospice Re-Enrollment Following a Hospice Live Discharge

SP Wladkowski, S Enguídanos - Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: The number of individuals dying of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
(ADRDs) is steadily increasing and they represent the largest group of hospice enrollees. In …

Health Care Costs Associated With Hospice Use For People With Dementia In The US: Study examines health care costs associated with hospice use for persons with …

MD Aldridge, LJ Hunt, KL Harrison, K McKendrick… - Health …, 2023 - healthaffairs.org
Policy makers in the US are increasingly concerned that greater use of the Medicare
hospice benefit by people with dementia is driving up costs. Yet this perspective fails to …