Too many seniors get caught up on a roller coaster of health care crises: being hospitalized after a sudden event – like a fall – and then being released, rehabilitated and re-hospitalized with another acute event, with the cycle then continuing. It’s a reactive, expensive approach that inevitably leads to a steady decline in independence. Being admitted to a hospital can cost upwards of $30,000.
The solution to flattening that curve is to integrate services, from memory care to physical therapy to medication and personal care, and several others, said Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, founder and CEO of Lifespark, at a talk given at the Senior Living Innovation Forum, held in Napa, California in late May.
Read on for more details captured in the Senior Living Innovation Forum’s blog…