National Trends in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations of Older Adults with Dementia

July 23, 2020

IMPACT Collaboratory Executive Director at Hebrew SeniorLife Ellen McCarthy, PhD, MPH co-authored an article published in the July 23rd issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society studying trends in preventable hospitalizations of older adults with dementia.

Led by  Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS,  from the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the retrospective cohort study used the National Inpatient Sample from 2012-2016 to measure annual trends in the incidence of hospitalizations for all causes and for potentially preventable conditions among people 65 years and older with dementia diagnosis. They found the number of potentially preventable hospitalizations of older adults with dementia is increasing, driven by hospitalizations of community‐dwelling older adults. Improved strategies for early detection and goal‐directed treatment of potentially preventable conditions in patients with dementia are urgently needed.

Read the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.16636