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A Remote Pilot Tests Culinary Workshops and Coaching for Cancer Caregivers
Drexel University and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia tested culinary workshops and coaching for caregivers feeding children during cancer treatment.
ResearchChild Care
RN staffing mix tracks acute-care use in nursing homes
A national panel study found lower hospitalization and outpatient emergency-department visit rates where RN share was higher, holding total nursing hours constant.
ResearchWorkforceElder Care
Massachusetts Wage Proposal Links Worker Pay to Child-Care Access
Jeff Liebman estimates a $6 per hour wage increase would raise formal child-care enrollment from 53 percent to 65 percent in five years; the state would cover the cost.
ResearchWorkforcePolicyChild Care
In four New Brunswick communities, long-term care facilities extended services beyond their walls
The Nursing Home Without Walls concept was tested in four communities in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
ResearchPolicyElder Care
Study finds a higher care-gap share in China's care insurance pilots
Zheng and Chen report adoption associated with a higher severe care-gap proxy by 2020 (ATT 0.023), with larger estimates where policy texts omitted in-kind home and community services.
ResearchPolicyElder CareDisability
Joan Costa-Font of LSE calls integration of health and long-term care systems inevitable
Joan Costa-Font of the London School of Economics argues that the integration of health and long-term care systems is inevitable.
PolicyResearchElder CareGeneral
AARP puts 2024 family caregiving above $1 trillion in imputed value
59 million caregivers, 49.5 billion hours, and an average hourly value that rose to $20.41 — an accounting of unpaid work, not a payment to anyone.
ResearchWorkforceElder CareGeneral
Families run complex diets for older relatives with little nutritional guidance
A new analysis finds an estimated 1 in 4 family caregivers of older adults manage nutrition and dietary changes, often alone and without professional advice.
ResearchWorkforceElder CareGeneral
Families treat home care as the permanent plan, A Place for Mom survey finds
In A Place for Mom's survey, sixty-two percent of family caregivers call home care long-term or permanent — while Medicare home health use declines and an operator warns of workforce exits.
BusinessResearchElder Care
Commonwealth Fund: Medicare home health use declines despite aging population
Paired July 9 issue briefs trace declining use to misaligned payment incentives, Medicare Advantage practices, and workforce shortages — and find many beneficiaries don't understand the benefit.
PolicyResearchElder Care
Home care CEO warns dementia's family burden could drain the paid workforce
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are projected to cost the United States $818 billion in 2026.
WorkforceResearchElder Care