Chart of the Day: Home Health Care Use Rose Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia Until the Pandemic
The Decline Since 2020 May Signal Gaps in Service and Access
Improving Care for Older Adults
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Research Updates
Photo Report from the Population Aging Research Center 2025 Retreat
Penn Event Explores the Limits of Chronological Aging and Related Issues
How Medicare Advantage Changed Home Health Care Use
LDI Executive Director Discusses New Findings on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use of Home Health
Gene Hackman’s Death Shows Why Caregivers Need More Care
The Tragic Deaths of the Actor With Dementia and His Wife Signal a System That Often Fails to Support Caregivers
Briefing: Nursing Home Staffing Mandate and Resident Outcomes
Presented to Staff of U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Research Brief: Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Linked to Use of Inferior Hospice Care
People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are More Likely to Get Care From Poorer Quality Hospices
Why Nursing Homes Should Provide More Nurses and Aides to Residents
CMS Raised Staffing Minimums in Nursing Homes Last Year, Marking a Major Improvement. Now These Rules Are Under Threat
Pilot Project Begun in LDI’s CICADA Program is Published by JAMA Network
LDI Senior Fellow and Former CICADA Scholar Yehoda Martei Investigated Guideline-Concordant Cancer Care in Older Adults with Cancer
Worker Wages Stagnate as Medicaid Home Care Spending Rises
Raising Reimbursement Rates and Wages Would Support a Stable Workforce and Better Care, LDI Fellows Say
Our Experts
Meet LDI Fellows whose expertise relates to improving care for older adults.
Pamela Cacchione, PhD, CRNP
- Professor, Geropsychiatric Nursing , Penn Nursing
- Ralston House Term Chair, Gerontological Nursing , Penn Nursing
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Eric Bressman, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hospital Medicine) , Perelman School of Medicine
Oonjee Oh, MSN, RN
- PhD Student , Penn Nursing
Salimah Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
- Term Chair, Palliative Care , Penn Nursing
Seyoun Kim, MHS
- PhD Student, Health Care Management and Economics , Wharton School
Emily Largent, PhD, RN
- Division Chief, Medical Ethics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Emanuel and Robert Hart Chair of Medical Ethics , Perelman School of Medicine
Mary Naylor, PhD, RN
- Marian S. Ware Professor, Gerontology , Penn Nursing
- Director, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health , Penn Nursing
Improving Care for Older Adults Working Group
This working group brings people together to address questions relating to access, quality, and financing of care particularly relevant to an aging society and to disseminate related research. Care includes acute care, post-acute care, home care, caregiving, long-term services and supports, nursing homes, assisted living and other residential care options, hospice, and care received at the end of life.