Older Adults are the Core Business of Health Care
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| - | The '''John A. Hartford Foundation''' website in the U.S. provides U.S. statistics that support their conclusion that [http://www.jhartfound.org/ar2006html/introduction_p3.html "older adults are the core business of health care"]. | ||
| - | In Canada: | ||
| - | * Seniors (age 65+) are three times as likely as younger Canadians to be admitted to hospital <ref name ="reference1">Health Reports: Seniors’ health care use. The Daily. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006. (Data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey).</ref> | ||
| - | * Repeat admissions are more common among seniors than younger people<ref name ="reference1"/> | ||
| - | * Once seniors are in hospital, they typically spend more time there than do younger people<ref name ="reference1"/> | ||
| - | * Delirium occurs in up to 50% of older persons admitted to hospital, with the highest rates among those having surgery, admitted to the ICU, or with pre-existing dementia<ref name = "reference2">Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health. National Guidelines for Seniors’ Mental Health: The Assessment and Treatment of Delirium. Toronto, ON: Author. </ref> | ||
| - | * Hospitalized patients who are delirious have a worse prognosis<ref name ="reference2"/> | ||
| - | * Delirium is often not recognized<ref name ="reference2"/> | ||
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| - | Canadian demographics are available from the Statistics Canada website. For example, in 2008, there were 4,563,100 Canadians aged 65 and older. You can search by geographic region go [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=88984&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=66&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= obtain statistics for your area]. | ||
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| - | Dorothy Pringle's editorial [http://www.longwoods.com/product.php?productid=21146&cat=618&page=1#loopBack "Scared to need nursing"] in the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, Volume 22, Issue 3, is a resource for lobbying colleagues for curricular changes. | ||
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| - | '''Quotes related to aging''' on the [http://www.bandwidthonline.org/in_other_words.asp Bandwith online.org website] of the John A. Hartford Foundation. | ||
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| - | == Notes and References== | ||
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