older adults

Can Medicare Afford to Foot the Bill for New Alzheimer’s Drugs?

Recent analyses in JAMA and by the Kaiser Family Foundation raise questions about whether Medicare and its beneficiaries can afford a new wave of Alzheimer’s treatments.

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Can Immigration Help Solve the Nursing Home Staffing Crisis?

A recent NBER working paper looks at the effects of immigration into the U.S. on the staffing and quality of nursing homes.

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The Meteoric Rise of Private Medicare Advantage Insurance

What’s gained and what’s lost as private insurers manage an increasingly large share of the Medicare program?

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Nursing Home Visits, Abortion and Intimate Partner Violence: More from ASHEcon

Soleil recaps two more fascinating studies from the 2023 ASHEcon conference.

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Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis

Medicare is testing some major changes to its 40-year-old hospice benefit.

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When Home Becomes a Hospital

What have we learned from the pandemic-feuled expansion of hospital-at-home care?

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The Hurdles Facing Black Families Navigating Serious Illness

What stops seriously ill Black patients and their families from getting the care they want in life and in death?

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Turning Long-Term Care Into a Long-Term Career

There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans. Could providing workers with new career pathways be part of the solution?

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Medicare Open Enrollment

Leslie Walker shares four research studies to explain the stakes of Medicare open enrollment.

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The Complex Relationship Between Quality Ratings and Pandemic Deaths in Nursing Homes

Yaa Akosa Antwi shares research on nursing home deaths during COVID suggesting even well-intentioned policies can have unintended consequences.

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