Heart Failure: The Nursing Facility Responsibility

Heart Failure: The Nursing Facility Responsibility

Joint Provider Surveyor Training September 18, 2012

Presenter: Debra Lontorfos MSN, GNP, BC

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Objective

? The participant will describe the care process for monitoring and treating Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) in nursing home residents.

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Introduction

? The focus of today's presentation is not to define heart failure and treatment but to understand a care process to improve the prevention, recognition, and management of heart failure for long term care nursing home residents.

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Heart Failure in the Elderly as a National Crisis

? $37.2 billion in 2009 ? Leading cause of Medicare hospital admissions ? Rate of death at one year 1 in 5 ? 2.3 to 3.6 years ages 67 to 74 ? 1.1 to 1.6 years ages 85 and older

Reference: J AM Cardiol 1992;:;;;;; ;20:01-306

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The Division of Responsibility of the Acute Care Facility and

the Nursing Facility

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