Insights from study “Caregiver Neighborhood Vulnerability and Visitation Responses in Nursing Homes.”

Summary

The study investigates how the vulnerability of neighborhoods where caregivers live (in terms of environmental, social, economic and infrastructural risk) is associated with changes in visitation patterns to nursing homes during and after a major natural disaster: Hurricane Ian.

Please follow the link below to read the full article, featuring a co-authored perspective from Pilot Awardee Yan Wang, PhD, of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning & Todd Manini, PhD, of the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics whose research explores this topic in depth.

Caregiver Neighborhood Vulnerability and Visitation Responses to an Environmental Shock in Nursing Homes – ScienceDirect