Publications by authors named "K L Lapane"
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- The study investigates nursing home directors' perceptions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) medications and their willingness to use them, especially given that many residents have mild AD.
- A national survey of 340 directors of nursing revealed that support for these treatments declines significantly when costs are introduced.
- Findings suggest that cost sensitivity varies among nursing homes, particularly those with a higher percentage of dual-eligible residents, highlighting a need for equitable access to new AD medications.
Background: The association between the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and perceptions of health care quality of cancer survivors is not well established. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in perceived health care quality concurrent with the implementation of the ACA among cancer survivors relative to a non-cancer comparison group.
Methods: We used cross-sectional data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (N = 30,542).
Introduction: Asian American caregivers supporting loved ones with dementia experience greater burden and more stress than other racial/ethnic groups, warranting the need for more culturally and linguistically appropriate formal support, such as in nursing homes. Transitioning loved ones into nursing homes with dementia care units is a complex process that can be impacted by a multitude of factors. Employing several established frameworks, including the socioecological model, this qualitative study will focus on the largest Asian American subgroup (people of Chinese descent) and explore the experience of family caregivers as they support the transition of their loved ones with dementia into nursing homes in the USA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation are at high risk for ischemic stroke, but most are not treated with anticoagulants. This study compared the effectiveness and safety between oral anticoagulant (OAC) users and non-users.
Methods: We conducted a new-user retrospective cohort study by using Minimum Data Set 3.