title: Racial differences in dementia care among nursing home residents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article aims to describe potential racial differences in dementia care among nursing home residents with dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS) in regression models, the authors examine whether non-Whites are less likely than Whites to receive special dementia care--defined as receiving special dementia care services or being in a dementia special care unit (SCU)--and whether this difference derives from differences in resident or facility characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors find that non-Whites are 4.3 percentage points less likely than Whites to receive special dementia care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The fact that non-Whites are more likely to rely on Medicaid and less likely to pay out of pocket for nursing home care explains part but not all of the difference. Most of the difference is due to the fact that non-Whites reside in facilities that are less likely to have special dementia care services or dementia care units, particularly for-profit facilities and those in the South.
authors.affiliation: Long-Term Care Statistics Branch, Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA. msengupta@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harris-Kojetin
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data