“Problems persist at Washington hospitals due to lack of long-term care options”

“Problems persist at Washington hospitals due to lack of long-term care options,” by Erica Zucco, King5


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“Harborview Medical Center is currently diverting non-emergent patients as the hospital copes with overcrowding. Other local hospitals face similar concerns. … The hospital said it had 560 patients in a hospital set up for 413, and that 100 of those patients are medically stable and in need of long-term, post-acute care, but have not yet been able to be transferred. … LeadingAge Washington, which advocates for not-for-profit and mission-driven senior care and housing organizations, said current Medicaid rates make it difficult for long-term care providers to pay direct care workers livable wages. … Meanwhile, Governor Jay Inslee’s office said agencies are continuing to work with hospitals and are in regular communication with them — Harborview in particular — to try and find community placement.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

This is the same state that wants to force workers to pay for a long-term care trust fund, WA Cares. Read “The Keystone Kops of Long-Term Care.”