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Thursday, May 26, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
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Aging In Jail
Rachel Bedard and coauthors provide a first-of-its-kind overview of the
health of older adults incarcerated in New York City's jail system.
Referencing the premature aging of people who are incarcerated, the term
"geriatric" is applied to people age fifty-five or older.
This group, which accounted for 8.5 percent of all detainees in 2019, is
more than three times as likely as younger detainees to have a major
medical or mental health diagnosis.
"Jail systems need to implement safety and care measures to
accommodate elders who do end up in jail," the authors conclude.
In an Entry Point article, Jonathan Bor further examines the public
health crisis of an aging prison population.
Bor explains that as the proportion of older adults in the nation's
prisons grows, policy makers struggle to meet their health and social
needs. He indicates that it costs far more to incarcerate an elderly
person than a younger one, mostly because of higher medical expenses.
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Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Mary Ersek writes about nursing home
care quality
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She highlights how nursing home work has traditionally been
characterized by low wages and poor benefits, inadequate training, and
low staff-to-resident ratios.
To improve the quality of care for patients, Ersek recommends investing
in the workforce and prioritizing recruitment, retention, and
compensation.
Michael Rozier and Kimberly Enard write about the relationship between
health care value and community benefits
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The authors examine how social context and community health improvement
can help nonprofit hospitals realize better health care value for
patients.
The article by Rozier and Enard is part of a Health Affairs Forefront
short series, "Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services
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The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and
economic evaluation beyond medical technologies to the services and
procedures that account for the bulk of health care spending.
The articles in the series were completed with support for the authors
from the Research Consortium for Health Care Value Assessment, a
partnership between Altarum and VBID Health
, through a grant from the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
Elevating Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage
Month: In her December 2021 Narrative Matters essay, Shivani Nazareth
describes her quest to find the genetic underpinnings of her mother's
dementia.
You can also listen to Nazareth narrate her essay on the Narrative
Matters podcast
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Aging In Jail: Retrospective Analysis Of Older Patients In New York
City's Jail System, 2015-19
Rachael Bedard et al.
The Aging Of The US Prison Population: A Public Health Crisis
Jonathan S. Bor
The Waltz: To Improve Nursing Home Care, Invest In The Workforce
Mary Ersek
Leveraging Community Benefit To Increase Health Care Value
Michael Rozier and Kimberly Enard
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