o Overview of senior care marketplace, size, and shift to aging in placeo In just a few years, 132 million will be aged 50 in older. There are just over 330million in the U.S. currently so that represents about 1/3 of our current totalpopulation.o It’s no surprise that seniors what to age in their own homes. What we’ve seenthrough the COVID pandemic has accelerated this shift. Nursing homes have been very hard hit; it has been vulnerablepopulation We’ve been socially conditioned to stay at home And advancements in technology have made that a bit easier. You areeven seeing in some areas Hospital care at home. Family caregivers which are commonly in the sandwich generation areteleworking or having flexibilities that allow them to be available forcaregiving more than in the past. By 2035 – People over the age of 75 will reach 13.4 million Now, for the next few years, we will see a dip in the number of patients aginginto LTC settings. If you check out this graph which looks at the US population80 years of age or older, then you see we should see a shift before the babyboomers hit SNF age.Axios article:https://www.axios.com/2023/01/12/more-in-home-care-options-risksThe pandemic-fueled boom in home care could be replicating one of the most worrisome hazards in institutional settings: bloodstream infections from central lines.
Driving the news: Home infusion therapy — whether for cancer drugs, antibiotics or other treatments — is becoming a preferred option for more patients.
"In the home, it's the patients, or sometimes a family member, sometimes a friend, or sometimes a neighbor that is basically doing the same work," she said.
That doesn't mean infection rates are higher outside the hospital, Keller said. “The best available data shows infections occur at a lower rate than in the hospital. But, because there are more and more people in home care, it is something we need to pay attention to,” Keller said.
Special guests: Dr. Bri MorrisPharmDDr. Bri Morris has spent her career helping community and long-term care pharmacies thrive. Dr. Morris currently leads NCPA's education initiatives and Long-Term Care Division, as well as develops programs to assist community pharmacists in streamlining workflow to add enhanced services. Prior to this role, she led NCPA’s medication adherence programs, working to ensure medication adherence is a core competency of the pharmacy profession by empowering community pharmacists with the tools needed to make a measurable impact on the nation's $290 billion medication adherence problem.Dr. Steve Moore, PharmD Steve Moore, owner of Condo Pharmacy in Plattsburgh, N.Y., has been named the 2019 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year and one of the '50 Most Influential People in Pharmacy for 2022 . Moore took over the pharmacy from his parents in 2005, about getting provider status and going beyond filling bottles.
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