Home health use remains high among beneficiaries with dementia, study finds

Home health use remains high among beneficiaries with dementia, study finds
McKnight's Home Care; by Adam Healy; 5/19/25
Medicare beneficiaries who have dementia increasingly are using home healthcare, according to a new study published Friday in JAMA Network Open... Home health utilization increased by roughly 17% among beneficiaries with dementia between 2010 and 2019 and decreased slightly between 2020 and 2022, the study found. Beneficiaries with dementia were also more likely to initiate home healthcare from community-dwelling settings, rather than from post-acute care settings.