“As seniors’ presence in nursing homes drops, young people with disabilities stuck with few alternatives: study”

“As seniors’ presence in nursing homes drops, young people with disabilities stuck with few alternatives: study,” by Kimberly Marselas, McKnight’s LTC News

Quote:

“Younger nursing home residents, despite dramatically different needs than their older counterparts, have been overlooked by existing efforts to deinstitutionalize care, according to a study published in Health Affairs Monday. … And while SNF use among seniors had fallen in almost all states between 2013 and 2019 due to policy shifts that favor in-home care, the number of younger residents in facilities remained stagnant and even grew in some places. … The long-term trend of declining nursing home use among older adults, he said, obscured the stagnation among young users in many states.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

The truth is almost the diametrical opposite. Here’s a comment on the article that I posted on Health Affairs tonight: