End of Life Care Shifts from Hospitals to Home Health

Hospitals are not the only place where the dying go, says a new CDC report. Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated an 8 percent decrease in the number of people dying in hospitals between 2000-2010.

McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living shares the results of this intriguing study here.
 
Does that mean more people are dying at home? The report suggests that “nursing homes, hospices and home health providers are playing larger roles in end-of-life care,” per the McKnight’s article, so while death may not always occur at home, there is a trend towards care in other settings outside the halls of a hospital.

It’s a welcome shift, and it has prompted lawmakers to propose legislation that would “increase education and professional development in these areas,” reports Tim Mullaney of McKnight’s.


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