Posted December 14, 2022
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2050, adults 65 and older in the United States will comprise an estimated 88 million, representing 22.1% of the country’s total population. As early as 2011, more than 90% of U.S. seniors indicated that they wished to age in place in their residences, AARP research found.
For most, this extends to end-of-life care. About 70% of American seniors have said they wish to die in their homes, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported.
“The reason why we want [home-based services] to be a distinguisher is because we acknowledge that the hospital can no longer be the future of the health care system,” Vargas told Hospice News at the Aging Media Network CONTINUUM conference in Virginia. “Hospitals should be more of an emergency room and [intensive care unit (ICU)] setting of care, while the home should be the future.”
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