Medicare spending higher among older adults with disabilities who lack adequate support

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that more than one in five older adults who were aging in place with a mobility or self-care disability reported experiencing negative consequences such as having to stay in bed or going without eating due to no one being available to help or the activity being too difficult to perform alone.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org