Health Affairs Briefing Recording: What Do Recent Nursing Home Developments Mean for Residents, Families, and the Future of Long-Term Care?
Health Affairs held a briefing on August 19 on "What Do Recent Nursing Home Developments Mean for Residents, Families, and the Future of Long-Term Care?"
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes have faced unprecedented challenges and undergone an evolution that is still in process. A growing body of research, much of which has been published in Health Affairs, has tracked changes in nursing home operations, infection control policies, workforce composition, and more.
As part of Health Affairs' Age-Friendly Health series, in partnership with The John A. Hartford Foundation, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil moderated this virtual event to highlight the latest developments and policy implications for nursing homes. Topics included:
- Highlights of nursing home–related articles published recently in Health Affairs as part of the Age-Friendly Health series
- Nursing home staffing trends
- Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
- Policy implications
Speakers included:
- Terry Fulmer, President, The John A. Hartford Foundation
- R. Tamara Konetzka, University of Chicago
- David Grabowski, Harvard Medical School
- John Bowblis, Miami University
- Alice Bonner, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Kezia Scales, PHI
- Jean Moody-Williams, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Watch the recording of the briefing.
Go to Health Affairs' Age-Friendly Health series.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of Health Affairs.
