Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Rehospitalizations
Advances in healthcare mean that adults 65 years of age and older are surviving cardiac events and living longer with cardiac conditions.
In addition, older adults with a cardiac condition are often frailer and have additional co-morbidities, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and depression (Dolansky, M.A. et al). Older adults experiencing a cardiac event or undergoing cardiac surgery often require post-acute rehabilitation at a Skilled Nursing or rehabilitation facility.
The rate of hospital discharges to Skilled Nursing is steadily increasing. Of those using Skilled Nursing services*
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Improving care and services for cardiac residents is often top of mind for Senior Living providers. Cardiovascular disease is not only the most prevalent condition facing older adults, but it’s one of the most costly as well. Adults 65 years of age and older account for 36.5% of the total cost of cardiovascular disease in the U.S. In 2011, the U.S. spent $116.8 billion dollars on cardiovascular disease in this population alone (Mozaffarian, D. et al).
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have had coronary artery bypass surgery
valve surgery have had 25 % 30%
have had an MI
have heart failure
Source: Jurgens, C. et al
*% of Medicare patients with a cardiac condition who have been hospitalized
