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Research & Policy Updates

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Improving Care for Older Adults

How Medicaid Cuts Could Force Millions Into Nursing Homes

If Federal Support Falls, States May Slash Home- and Community-Based Services — Pushing Vulnerable Americans Into Nursing Homes They Don’t Want or Need

By:
  • Nancy Stedman
July 2, 2025

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

Who Cares? Study Reveals 50 Years of U.S. Caregiving Trends

Men are Stepping Up at Home, but Caregiving Still Falls On Women and People of Color LDI Fellow Says

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
June 26, 2025

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

Better Care at Home: Family Plus Formal Help Makes a Difference

Economist Norma Coe’s Caregiving For Relatives Informed Her Research

By:
  • Karl Stark
June 9, 2025

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

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

By:
  • Miles Meline, MBE
May 16, 2025

News

Improving Care for Older Adults

Photo Report from the Population Aging Research Center 2025 Retreat

Penn Event Explores the Limits of Chronological Aging and Related Issues

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 12, 2025

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

How Medicare Advantage Changed Home Health Care Use

LDI Executive Director Discusses New Findings on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use of Home Health

By:
  • Miles Meline, MBE
April 23, 2025

In Their Own Words

Improving Care for Older Adults

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

By:
  • Shana Stites, PsyD, MA
  • Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH
April 22, 2025

Policy

Improving Care for Older Adults

Nursing Home Staffing Mandate and Resident Outcomes

Briefing: Presented to Staff of U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

By:
  • LDI Staff
March 26, 2025

Brief

Improving Care for Older Adults

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

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
March 11, 2025

In Their Own Words

Improving Care for Older Adults

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

By:
  • Norma B. Coe, PhD
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
February 7, 2025

News

Improving Care for Older Adults

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

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 14, 2025

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

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

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
December 10, 2024

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