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Home Health Care

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Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Practice ((CCP))

Abstract

It is estimated that by the year 2030, the number of people age 65 and over in the USA will increase from 39.6 million to 72 million, representing the fastest growing segment of our population. Although this age group makes up 13 % of the current population, it disproportionately accounts for approximately 36 % of all health care-related expenditures in the USA [1]. As older Americans have a strong desire to remain in their homes and age in place, this trend will increase the need for community-based home care services in the coming years. Many older Americans are afflicted with multiple chronic conditions (multi-morbidities), homebound, and experience difficulty in accessing timely and needed healthcare services. As a result, many “high-risk” elderly are isolated at home and receive fragmented and inadequate medical care.

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  1. Family and Preventive Medicine, OU Medical Center, 900 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73013, USA

    Robert C. Salinas MD (CAQ-G, HPM)

  2. Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care Fellow, Oklahoma University Medicine Senior Health Center, 1177, NE 13th street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73117, USA

    Stefani D. Madison MD

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    Pamela A. Fenstemacher

  2. Department of Family and Preventive Medi, University of Oklahoma Department of Family and Preventive Medi, OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, USA

    Peter Winn

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Salinas, R.C., Madison, S.D. (2016). Home Health Care. In: Fenstemacher, P., Winn, P. (eds) Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16979-8_1

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