Describing Dementia Specialty Care Units in US Nursing Homes: Leveraging National Survey Data From HARBORS and LTCfocus

Nursing home dementia specialty care units are highly publicized as beneficial for residents with dementia, but we know little about these units and what makes them “special.” Leveraging primary data from a national survey of nursing home representatives and the LTCfocus data, this study aims to describe characteristics and features of dementia specialty care units and examine variations in nursing home quality ratings.