Becker's Healthcare July 19, 2023
As hospital-at-home programs have expanded, so have responsibilities for family caregivers, NPR reported.
Healthcare experts told the news outlet that health systems need to take into account the strain on loved ones when patients are diverted to the home for acute care rather than the hospital. An estimated 10 to 62 percent of patients turn down the programs, which are now offered by 290 hospitals nationwide.
“The family caregivers are completely invisible,” Susan Reinhard, director of AARP’s Public Policy Institute, told NPR. “They’re not turning to wife, daughter, or husband, and saying: Can you handle this? That’s the discussion we think needs to happen.”
CMS said the agency “makes it very clear that during the hospital-at-home stay, hospitals are not...
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