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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2022

Clinical and Demographic Profiles of Home Care Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Implications for Information Transfer Across Care Settings.

Miriam Ryvicker, Yolanda Barrón, Shivani Shah, Stanley M Moore, James M Noble, Kathryn H Bowles, Jacqueline Merrill

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Prevalence and predictors of incident ADRD diagnosis following a Medicare home health episode.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023
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  16. Characteristics and Factors Associated with Ability of Caregivers to Care for Hemodialysis Patients.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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  18. Practitioners' Views on Enabling People With Dementia to Remain in Their Homes During and After Crisis.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam RyvickerVisiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7339-080X
Yolanda BarrónVisiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Shivani ShahVisiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Stanley M MooreVisiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY, USA.
James M NobleColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0648-6702
Kathryn H BowlesVisiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Jacqueline MerrillColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
VNS Health · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

Research Education CoreP30AG066462 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PHILIP L DE JAGER · 2020 to 2026
$30.1M
A Longitudinal Network Study of Alzheimer's and Dementia Care in Relation to Disparities in Access and OutcomesR56AG056347 · NIA · VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK · PI MERRILL, JACQUELINE, RYVICKER, MIRIAM · 2017 to 2017
$824k
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066462NIA NIH HHS R56 AG056347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Home health care (HHC) clinicians serving individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) do not always have information about the person's ADRD diagnosis, which may be used to improve the HHC plan of care. This retrospective cohort study examined characteristics of 56,652 HHC patients with varied documentation of ADRD diagnoses. Data included clinical assessments and Medicare claims for a 6-month look-back period and 4-year follow-up. Nearly half the sample had an ADRD diagnosis observed in the claims either prior to or following the HHC admission. Among those with a prior diagnosis, 63% did not have it documented on the HHC assessment; the diagnosis may not have been known to the HHC team or incorporated into the care plan. Patients with ADRD had heightened risk for adverse outcomes (e.g., urinary tract infection and aspiration pneumonia). Interoperable data across health care settings should include ADRD-specific elements about diagnoses, symptoms, and risk factors.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseDementiaHome Care ServicesAgedDemographyHumansMedicareRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesAlzheimer’s diseasecare coordinationdementiahome health carepost-acute care

Identifiers

PMID33749369
PMCPMC8450301
OpenAlexW3138331189

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