Dementia

Medicaid Expansion and Dementia in Nursing Home Admissions

This paper examines whether Medicaid expansion following implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) causes an increase in the proportion of people admitted to nursing homes who have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia using a …

The Residential Location of Older Americans with Dementia: Co-Morbidities, Finances, and Kinship Networks

This analysis makes use of HRS data to examine characteristics of older Americans with dementia and their mode of residence. Both Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are included in the analysis which shows that the prevalence of dementia …