Improved data utilization benefits nursing facilities as small businesses by increasing their resilience and financial sustainability while benefiting seniors.
FREMONT, CA: Over the past few decades, the number of seniors has grown rapidly around the world. There are approximately 10,000 people turning 65 every day in the United States alone, according to the Census Bureau. There aren't enough caregivers to meet the growing demand for senior care. Making greater use of data is one method to redress that disparity. It can lighten the load on caregivers if they can encourage the analysis and exchange of various elder care data. There is a tendency for individual service providers to silo their operational knowledge and client information, which results in inefficiencies. Furthermore, data is sometimes too generic and hazy. For example, when authorities evaluate an older person's care needs, they employ a straightforward five-level classification system that pays little attention to the different needs of different people.
An effective strategy for enhanced outcomes
Prioritizing evidence and effectiveness is an alternate strategy for using data. It would enhance outcomes for elderly people by reducing mismatches between supply (caregivers' ability) and demand (users' needs). Before the data can be used to its fullest potential to raise the standard of aged care, many obstacles are removed. One of these obstacles is the absence of a workable framework for data governance. Patients with dementia do not respond well to the usual "notice & permission" strategy for data use.
