McKnight's May 17, 2024
Remember the familiar old weigh stations along the aging care progression?
A patient’s path toward increasing dependence typically looked something like this: First, some assistance at home, then maybe senior living, followed by a trip to the hospital for illness or accident repair, and finally post-acute care and possibly hospice.
This traditional pathway faces disruption by what would have been an unlikely suspect until recently: hospitals. Increasingly, these players are embracing a new way to grow their business. The strategy is known as hospital-at-home.
If you happen to be a skilled care operator, the model’s continued growth may make you more than a little, ahem, home sick. Because guess who’s likely to get slowly muscled out here? Yep, that would...
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