The Medicare hospice benefit was originally designed around a cancer disease paradigm
but increasingly serves people living with dementia. At this time, almost half of all older …

Background The emergency department (ED) is a critical juncture in the care of persons
living with dementia (PLwD), as they have a high rate of hospital admission, ED revisits, and …

Background People with dementia (PWD) are at high risk for hospice disenrollment, yet little
is known about patterns of disenrollment among the growing number of hospice enrollees …

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 …

Objectives To examine the association between hospice/staffing regulations in residential
care or assisted living (RC/AL) and hospice utilization among a national cohort of Medicare …

Abstract Background The Medicare Hospice Benefit increasingly serves people dying with
dementia. We sought to understand characteristics, hospice use patterns, and last‐month‐of …

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 …

Abstract Background and Objectives Hospice programs assist people with serious illness
and their caregivers with aging in place, avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations, and …

Objective: The prevalence of dementia and cancer has increased in recent years. The
presence of dementia complicates the care of terminal cancer patients and affects their …

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 …