Senior Housing News May 3, 2024
An analysis of 911 call data by the Washington Post shows that lift-assist emergency responses have increased 30% in recent years at assisted living and other senior care settings, the newspaper reported.
That spike is three times faster than the increase in overall 911 call volume seen nationwide between the same time period of 2019 through 2022, the article states, and the increase in emergency responses to assisted living, nursing homes and independent living units is burdening local emergency medical services (EMS) and fire departments nationwide.
In the article, the Post notes how the rise of lift-assist calls handled by first responders and not a community’s staff “unfairly burden taxpayers and occupy firefighters with nonemergencies that should be handled by...
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