Long Term Care

Long-term care is a variety of services that includes medical and non-medical care to people who have a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care helps meet health or personal needs. Most long-term care is to assist people with support services such as activities of daily living like dressing, bathing, and using the bathroom. Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, in assisted living or in nursing homes. It is important to remember that you may need long-term care at any age.

You may never need long-term care. This year, about nine million men and women over the age of 65 will need long-term care. By 2020, 12 million older Americans will need long-term care. Most will be cared for at home; family and friends are the sole caregivers for 70 percent of the elderly. A study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that people who reach age 65 will likely have a 40 percent chance of entering a nursing home. About 10 percent of the people who enter a nursing home will stay there five years or more.

(Supplied by Medicare.gov: http://www.medicare.gov/longtermcare/static/home.asp on 3/17/10)

Performance Key
within the top 10% in nation	at or better than national average	below national average	NA = Data is not applicable

Number of Long Term Care Patients	#	#		#	#
April '09 - December '09	NA	NA		NA	NA
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA		NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents given influenza vaccination	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	100	99		94	91
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	97	98		95	89
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	13	4		13	14
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who have moderate to severe pain	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	3	1		4	3
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of high-risk long-stay residents who have pressure sores	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	9	6		7	11
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of low-risk long-stay residents who have pressure sores	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	1	0		2	2
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	6	0		1	3
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who are more depressed or anxious	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	17	13		16	14
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of low-risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	50	26		44	50
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who have/had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	1	5		6	5
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who spend most of their time in bed or in a chair	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	1	0		1	4
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents whos ability to move about in and around their room gets worse	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	16	5		10	11
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who had a urinary tract infection	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	11	15		9	9
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	9	1		6	8
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of short-stay residents given influenza vaccination	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	99	NA		90	83
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of short-stay residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination	%	%		%	%
April '09 - December '09	97	NA		91	83
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of short-stay residents who have delirium	%	%		%	%
January '09 - December '09	2	NA		3	2
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of short-stay residents who had moderate to severe pain	%	%		%	%
January '09 - December '09	11	NA		23	19
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Percent of short-stay residents who have pressure sores	%	%		%	%
January '09 - December '09	15	NA		10	13
January '10 - June '10	NA	NA

Data Last Updated: November 18, 2010
Page Last Updated: December 8, 2010 

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