The extended impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on long‐term care residents in Medicare with frailty or dual Medicaid enrollment

Although many healthcare settings have since returned to pre-pandemic levels of operation, long-term care (LTC) facilities have experienced extended and significant changes to operations, including unprecedented levels of short staffing and facility closures, that may have a detrimental effect on resident outcomes. This study assessed the pandemic's extended effect on outcomes for LTC residents, comparing outcomes 1 and 2 years after the start of the pandemic to pre-pandemic times, with special focus on residents with frailty and dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid.