How Medicare Advantage Changed Home Health Care Use
LDI Executive Director Discusses New Findings on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use of Home Health
Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
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Research Updates
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
Enrollment Grows in Integrated Managed Care Plans for Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents
Enrollment Remains Modest for Those on Medicare and Medicaid, but Specialized I-SNPs Drive Growth
For Medicare Recipients, Care After Hospital Stays Remains Common
Regardless of Medicare Type, Patients Used More Skilled Nursing Facilities Than Home Health Care After Hospital Discharge
Our Experts
Meet LDI Fellows whose expertise relates to improving care for older adults.
Ali Hamedani, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Neurology , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology , Perelman School of Medicine
Dominic A. Sisti, PhD, MBE
- Associate Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy and Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
- Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute
- Robert D. Eilers Memorial – William Maul Measey Professorship in Health Care Management and Economics , Wharton School
Ross Perfetti, MSc
- MD/PhD Student, Anthropology , School of Arts and Sciences
Charlotte Weiss, PhD, MSN
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health , Penn Nursing
Salimah Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
- Term Chair, Palliative Care , Penn Nursing
Jerry Johnson, MD
- Professor Emeritus, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Norma Coe, PhD
- Director of Research , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- Co-Director of the Health Economics Data Analyst Pool (HEDAP) , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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.