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The John A. Hartford Foundation
Welcome to the Geriatric Nursing
Leadership Academy
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Hartford Foundation Mission
Increase the nation’s capacity to provide effective and
affordable care to its rapidly increasing older population
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Changing Demographics
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Chronic Disease is the Norm
• 87% of Medicare beneficiaries have one or more Chronic Diseases
• 66% have multiple Chronic Diseases• 20% have 5+ Chronic Diseases
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Prescription Drugs, Chronic Care & Older Adults
0 chronic conditions 10 prescriptions*
*average
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5+ chronic conditions 57 prescriptions
Prescription Drugs, Chronic Care & Older Adults
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Chronic Illness = Skyrocketing Healthcare Spending• 5+ Chronic Diseases results in 1400% increase in
Health Care Spending
Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
$800$1,900
$3,400
$5,600
$8,900$11,500
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$2,000
$4,000
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Imperfect Health Care System
• Disease-focused not patient-focused• Multiple “specialty” practitioners • Uncoordinated care• Treatment designed for 35-50 year old• Gap between knowledge and practice
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Results of Systems Failure• Medical Errors
– 44,000- 98,000 deaths annually (IOM) • Medication errors
– 1.3 million injured annually (FDA)– Nearly 50% of fatal medication errors in
people age 60+
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Hartford Strategy
MEDICINE NURSING SOCIAL WORK
INTEGRATING &
IMPROVING SERVICES
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Hartford Strategy
INTEGRATING &
IMPROVING SERVICES
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Integrating and Improving Services
• Hartford’s commitment – 25 years commitment– 143 grants totaling over $87 million – Strong linkage with academic geriatrics– Building on previous Hartford Foundation
efforts– National models of geriatric care
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Your Charge• Adopt evidence-based approaches that work• Do not reinvent the wheel• Seek answers and share with others• Shape the quality of health care delivery• Improve health of elders
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Special Thanks• Sigma Theta Tau• Advisory Board • Faculty• Mentors• Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence• Oregon Health & Science University• Northwest Health Foundation• Mayday Fund• Hill-Rom• You, our geriatric nursing leaders of the future
