Health Affairs Scholar, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

In the United States, long-term care providers, such as nursing homes and assisted living communities, are meeting consumer demand through housing options designed to support growing population of people with dementia. One approach providing dementia is development "memory units" within existing communities. Memory units provide a setting more tailored cognitive functional abilities these individuals. There emerging evidence about optimum strategies for memory environments; however, little known implementation, prevalence, quality practice-and environment-based strategies-in units. This article provides insight into prevalence unit practices using data from Ohio. The analysis points policy practice opportunities address life

Language: Английский