Terminally ill patients in nursing homes are facing needless emergency room visits and hospital stays – about 80% of ER visits by this population is potentially avoidable. Furthermore, nearly one-third of hospitalizations among terminally ill nursing home residents was needless, according to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA) […]
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Among 236 surveyed internal medicine residents who felt confident in their ability to transition to post-acute care, only 31% knew how often patients received skilled therapies at skilled nursing facilities, a recent study found. Furthermore only 23% of residents knew how frequently nursing services are provided at SNFs and only 55% reported always completing discharge […]
A recent study from University of Pennsylvania researchers reveals that among 975,179 hospital discharges who were 65 years or older, the use of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) noticeably declined over the course of the pandemic. SNF spending within post-acute care was also shown to have declined. As hospitalizations declined in March and April 2020, so […]
A study spanning several countries found that the infrastructure of long-term care has to change drastically to protect residents from health threats like COVID-19, with simulations finding that 31% of coronavirus deaths in Ontario, Canada, would have been prevented if all residents had had single-occupancy rooms. “Community outbreaks and lack of personal protective equipment were […]
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