WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: This cross-sectional study compared hospitalization events in nursing homes (NHs) and AL communities in Alberta across 4 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. In both NHs and AL communities, hospitalizations decreased during waves 1 and 4, and both showed increased hospitalizations with death during wave 2, although the increase was larger in AL communities. Unlike AL communities, NHs had increased hospitalizations with delayed discharge during and after wave 1.
Comparison of Hospitalization Events among Residents of Assisted Living and Nursing Homes during COVID-19: Do Settings Respond Differently during Public Health Crises?
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: This cross-sectional study compared hospitalization events in nursing homes (NHs) and AL communities in Alberta across 4 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. In both NHs and AL communities, hospitalizations decreased during waves 1 and 4, and both showed increased hospitalizations with death during wave 2, although the increase was larger in AL communities. Unlike AL communities, NHs had increased hospitalizations with delayed discharge during and after wave 1.
