Capturing Community-Based Long-Term Care | Happier at Home PRN

o Overview of senior care marketplace, size, and shift to aging in place
o In just a few years, 132 million will be aged 50 in older. There are just over 330
million in the U.S. currently so that represents about 1/3 of our current total
population.
o It’s no surprise that seniors what to age in their own homes. What we’ve seen
through the COVID pandemic has accelerated this shift.
 Nursing homes have been very hard hit; it has been vulnerable
population
 We’ve been socially conditioned to stay at home
 And advancements in technology have made that a bit easier. You are
even seeing in some areas Hospital care at home.
 Family caregivers which are commonly in the sandwich generation are
teleworking or having flexibilities that allow them to be available for
caregiving more than in the past.
 By 2035 – People over the age of 75 will reach 13.4 million
 Now, for the next few years, we will see a dip in the number of patients aging
into LTC settings. If you check out this graph which looks at the US population
80 years of age or older, then you see we should see a shift before the baby
boomers hit SNF age.

Axios article:
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/12/more-in-home-care-options-risks

The pandemic-fueled boom in home care could be replicating one of the most worrisome hazards in institutional settings: bloodstream infections from central lines.

Driving the news: Home infusion therapy — whether for cancer drugs, antibiotics or other treatments — is becoming a preferred option for more patients.

• "In the home, it's the patients, or sometimes a family member, sometimes a friend, or sometimes a neighbor that is basically doing the same work," she said.
• That doesn't mean infection rates are higher outside the hospital, Keller said. “The best available data shows infections occur at a lower rate than in the hospital. But, because there are more and more people in home care, it is something we need to pay attention to,” Keller said.

Special guests: 

Dr. Bri MorrisPharmD

Dr. Bri Morris has spent her career helping community and long-term care pharmacies thrive. Dr. Morris currently leads NCPA's education initiatives and Long-Term Care Division, as well as develops programs to assist community pharmacists in streamlining workflow to add enhanced services. Prior to this role, she led NCPA’s medication adherence programs, working to ensure medication adherence is a core competency of the pharmacy profession by empowering community pharmacists with the tools needed to make a measurable impact on the nation's $290 billion medication adherence problem.

Dr. Steve Moore, PharmD 

Steve Moore, owner of Condo Pharmacy in Plattsburgh, N.Y., has been named the 2019 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year and one of the '50 Most Influential People in Pharmacy for 2022 .  Moore took over the pharmacy from his parents in 2005, about getting provider status and going beyond filling bottles.