Paying A Heavy Price: Costs of Care for People with Severe Obesity in Nursing Homes.
Luisa FernandezBianca ShieuAlison TrinkoffNicholas CastleDavid G WolfSteven HandlerJohn Alexander HarrisPublished in: The Gerontologist (2023)
This qualitative study of nursing home staff and leadership underscores a need for improved approaches to funding obesity care within existing nursing payment models. The increasing prevalence of obesity and the burden of the costs of obesity care for nursing homes will escalate this need over the coming decade.