“Visit from home care nurses linked to more emergency department use by seniors,” by Marty Stempniak, McKnight’s LTC News

Quote:

“Pouring over 2015 home care billing data from Ontario ED visits, Canadian researchers found that those who received a home care visit from a nurse had an increased likelihood of visiting the ED after 5 p.m. that same day. That flies in the face of assertions that boosting homecare might help to alleviate such costly ED trips, according to the study, which was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.”

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

Why expect anything else? Home health visits discover problems previously unknown or less severe, such as difficulties with ADLs.

Visit from home care nurses linked to more emergency department use by seniors

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