Patient Engagement January 26, 2022
Researchers found that racial and implicit bias resulted in varied use of aggressive care techniques for nursing home patients with dementia, highlighting health inequity affecting Black patients.
According to a JAMA Internal Medicine study, staff members’ implicit bias about minority groups was linked to variability in end-of-life care delivered to Black patients with dementia, limiting health equity for nursing home residents.
Between June 2018 and July 2021, researchers interviewed 169 staffers at 14 nursing homes that provided high-intensity and low-intensity care in four states.
The study looked to explore the association between staffing perceptions at nursing homes and the variability in the type of care provided by nursing home residents with advanced dementia, specifically in cases when staff...
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