A recent Congressional Budget Office analysis found that caregivers provide 80 percent of all community-based long-term services and support for older adults. The integration of informal caregiving into the planned process for discharging patients could reduce hospital readmissions by nearly 25%, according to the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute. Informal caregivers cover unpaid assistants who support the medical care and daily activities that are necessary for those who have recently been discharged. Savings could include the $17bn that is spent on Medicare coverage for preventable hospital readmissions. In a recent study, researchers at Harvard Medical School found that providing paid family leave would increase employment among women in low-wage jobs such as home health aides or nannies. The cost analysis comes from research carried out across 10,715 scientific publications and 4,361 patients. There was a 25% reduction in risk when integrating caregivers for the first 90 days, and a 24% reduction for the first 180 days after a hospital stay. The finding backs the Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act (CARE Act) which has been implemented across more than 30 states and supports the integration of caregivers into medical care processes.
The integration of informal caregiving into the planned process for discharging patients could reduce hospital readmissions by nearly 25%, according to the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute. Informal caregivers cover unpaid assistants who support the medical care and daily activities that are necessary for those who have recently been discharged. Savings could include the $17bn that is spent on Medicare coverage for preventable hospital readmissions. In a recent study, researchers at Harvard Medical School found that providing paid family leave would increase employment among women in low-wage jobs such as home health aides or nannies. The cost analysis comes from research carried out across 10,715 scientific publications and 4,361 patients. There was a 25% reduction in risk when integrating caregivers for the first 90 days, and a 24% reduction for the first 180 days after a hospital stay. The finding backs the Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act (CARE Act) which has been implemented across more than 30 states and supports the integration of caregivers into medical care processes.