The likelihood of living alone increases with age. Women Living Longer Older women outnumber older men, and the proportion of older adults who are female increases with age. Women are more likely to have functional limitations than men. Living with Chronic Conditions Chronic illness has replaced acute illness as the major health problem of older adults—and increasingly so as medicine evolves.
In , more than 80 percent of older adults had one or more chronic health conditions. By , that percentage had increased to 91 percent. Between and , the death rates for heart disease and stroke fell by more than 50 percent. These conditions did not disappear; rather, people are surviving and living with the chronic consequences of cardiovascular disease. Living Long in Poverty Of the 4. Living in Institutions In the 17 years between and , admissions to skilled nursing facilities increased almost threefold, from 28 to 80 per 1, Medicare beneficiaries.
These are only a few of the common questions you may find yourself asking. To find answers to these and the other questions you undoubtedly have, you will need to explore each facility you are considering.
Part of this exploration is considering where the prospective facility falls in the larger scheme of the industry. Does it rate better or worse? What sort of people live in these nursing homes? To start you on your exploration, Nursing Home Abuse Center would like to share some facts and statistics about nursing homes. This information may be a helpful starting point as you make decisions for you and your family.
Two-thirds of the population of nursing homes are women Among all nursing home residents, Historically, few Hispanic and Asian adults chose to live in nursing homes. It is largely thought the reason is because of language and cultural barriers. Now, however, nursing homes have a more radical ethnic and cultural mix. People live in nursing homes for a variety of reasons. Some require skilled medical care, and others have cognitive disorders that make living alone impossible.
Others may live there temporarily as they recover from an illness or injury. In , there were 1. Between and , private-pay prices for a private or semiprivate room in a nursing home grew by an average of 4. Between and the number of adults 65 and older living in nursing homes increased from 1. In , almost three-quarters 1. Despite the trend toward community-based care as opposed to institutionalized care, only Expenditures for skilled nursing facility SNF care are much greater than care provided in other settings.
Average expenses per older adult in a skilled nursing facility can be four times greater than average expenditures for that individual receiving paid care in the community. Home and community-based HCBS waivers accounted for roughly two-thirds of community-based long-term care expenditures. Studies have shown that the delivery of home or community-based long-term care services is a cost-effective alternative to nursing homes.
Care in the home or community—not nursing home care—is what most Americans would prefer. One in four people age 45 and over are not at all prepared financially if they suddenly required long-term care for an indefinite period of time.
Research suggests that if savings rates are not increased and government programs to assist the elderly are not strengthened, many retirees will face serious problems attaining needed health and long-term care services in the future. By , many retirees will not have enough income and assets to cover basic expenditures or any expenses related to a nursing home stay or services from a home health provider.
Shorter hospital stays and increased usage of outpatient procedures—changes that have increased the effectiveness of medical care—have shifted responsibility toward unpaid providers of care from paid providers, increasing burdens on family caregivers.
Retrieved January 3 Rogers, S. Who needs long-term care? Beyond Department of Health and Human Services, and U. Department of Labor. The future supply of long-term care workers in relation to the aging baby boom generation: Report to Congress. Kaiser Foundation.
Washington, DC: Author, Department of Health and Human Services. The Characteristics of Long-term Care Users. According to the National Institute on Aging as of there are about 4. There are about 16K nursing homes nationwide with 1. In Florida, there are approximately nursing homes with 84K beds. Most nursing home residents are admitted with more than one condition, most with three or more conditions.
The most common afflictions resulting in being admitted to a nursing home are in no particular order : effects after a stroke; cognitive disorders;cardiovascular diseases and hypertension; functional decline e. In , almost 70 million people will be 65 or older and 8.
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