Hospice News April 22, 2024
Hospices that see higher numbers of patients in assisted living facilities tend to have lower quality scores than other providers, research has found.
Hospice providers with higher volumes of assisted living-based patients are 7% more likely to receive lower quality scores than those in other settings, according to a recent study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
The findings point to possibly growing gaps of unmet needs among hospice patients in assisted living (AL) settings, according to the researchers.
“More attention and resources should be distributed to AL residents,” the researchers told Hospice News in an email. “AL residents are becoming increasingly older and frail, and a majority of them may need help with activities of daily...
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