{"id":1233,"date":"2015-04-22T02:30:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T02:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/hinsdale\/?p=453"},"modified":"2018-07-20T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:56:52","slug":"can-referral-to-home-health-care-reduce-er-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/20\/illinois\/hinsdale\/blog\/can-referral-to-home-health-care-reduce-er-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Referral to Home Health Care reduce ER visits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-885\" src=\"\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/12\/home_health_aid_handing_senior_a_food_tray-300x200.png\" alt=\"home health aid handing senior a food tray\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Nurses.com, the CDC issued a new report on ER visits by people 65 and older, stating that 511 people per 1,000 in that age group visited an ER during the two-year period spanning 2009-10. Among people 85 and older, 832 per 1,000 visited an ER during the study period.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers of ER visits by <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nurse.com\/article\/20131020\/NATIONAL06\/131018014\">nursing<\/a> home residents also rose (29.2% of patients ages 65-74, compared with 54.3% of patients 85 and older). Of those patients, 32.4% of patients 65-74 were admitted.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CDC report, ER rates are expected to climb to almost 20% by 2030.<br \/>\n\u201cGiven their growing proportion of the population, older individuals will comprise an increasing share of emergency department patients in the coming years,\u201d the authors wrote in a National Center for Health Statistics data brief. \u201cThis is important because of the ED\u2019s role in treating acute illness and injury in older adults and providing a pathway to these patients for hospital admission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One way to help reduce ER visits is to have a trained health aide in the home to monitor patients so that a health condition doesn\u2019t worsen to the point where hospitalization is required.\u00a0 \u00a0Many ER visits are attributed to home falls and improper medication dosing \u2013 both largely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>preventable with a home aide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Nurses.com, the CDC issued a new report on ER visits by people 65 and older, stating that 511 people per 1,000 in that age group visited an ER during the two-year period spanning 2009-10. 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