Description: Reduce readmissions Nearly one in four hospitalized patients with dementia is readmitted within 30 days. Increasing numbers of Medicare beneficiaries are diagnosed with dementia each year, and the cost is high – over time, financially devastating to hospitals unless they alter their approach and post-acute care strategies for patients with dementia. Families and post-acute settings…
Dementia Care Expertise for Health Care Providers
Nearly one in four hospitalized patients with dementia is readmitted within 30 days. Increasing numbers of Medicare beneficiaries are diagnosed with dementia each year, and the cost is high – over time, financially devastating to hospitals unless they alter their approach and post-acute care strategies for patients with dementia. Families and post-acute settings are ill equipped to manage the issues that surface in the disease after hospitalization, resulting in readmissions and costly adverse events.
Learn how The Gilster Group can help your hospital or organization with a proactive, planned approach to decreasing readmissions.