Nursing Home Segregation and Quality of Care
Racial disparities in nursing home quality are stark, with disparities in inspection deficiency scores exacerbated in counties with more segregated nursing home markets. These findings highlight the need for targeted policies to mitigate the impact of systemic disinvestment on nursing homes that serve a high proportion of Black residents.
Authors
- Gmerice Hammond
- Karen E. Joynt Maddox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-8653)
- Ganesh Muneshwar Babulal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-3509)
- Shekinah Fashaw‐Walters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0077-5047)
- R. J. Waken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6678-7764)
- Sunny C. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4979-9058)
- Ellesse-Roselee L. Akré
- Bailey A. Martin Giacalone
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (US)
- Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70165
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health