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Vermont's elders live with dignity and independence in settings they prefer

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Vermont's seniors live with dignity and in settings they prefer

Vermonters are Healthy

VERMONT'S ELDERS LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND IN SETTINGS THEY PREFER

VERMONT'S ELDERS LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND IN SETTINGS THEY PREFER

VERMONT'S ELDERS LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND IN SETTINGS THEY PREFER

Hospice enrollment: Percentage of chronically ill Medicare decedents age 65 and older who were enrolled in hospice during the last 6 months of life

Current Value

44.5%

2022

Definition

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Story Behind the Curve

Vermont ranked 46th among US states in 2018. Target values are US values, i.e. across all states.

While Vermont has low enrollment in hospice for this cohort, Vermont also has a high rate of deaths in hospital.  Efforts by hospice providers and physician practices to enroll more people in hospice could support people dying in settings that are often more personal and satisfying than the hospital, while also reducing the costs of end of life care.

Partners

Hospice focuses on caring, not curing.  In most cases care is provided in the patient's home. Hospice care also is provided in freestanding hospice centers, hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities. Hospice care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient's needs and wishes. Support is provided to the patient's loved ones as well.  At the center of hospice and palliative care is the belief that each of us has the right to die pain-free and with dignity, and that our families will receive the necessary support to allow us to do so.

What Works

Strategy

Notes on Methodology

Updated Aug, 2023.

The 2023 America’s Health Rankings Senior Report shows that the hospice rate is 44.5%, meaning VT is ranked 37th in the nation - page 46 of this pdf: ahr_2023seniorreport_statesummaries_final-web-full.pdf (americashealthrankings.org)

Hospice Care is the percentage of Medicare decedents aged 65 years and older enrolled in hospice care in the last six months of life after a diagnosis of one of nine chronic conditions with a high probability of death. The senior ranks are based on data from The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. The percentage of Medicare decedents aged 65 and older enrolled in hospice care in the last six months of life varies by state. Nationally, in 2018 50.7% of Medicare decedents were enrolled in hospice care in the last six months of life.

Source: America's Health Rankings analysis of The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, United Health Foundation, AmericasHealthRankings.org; National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, NHPCO Facts and Figures.

 

https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/senior/measure/hospice_care_sr_a/state/VT

As of December 2022 this is the most current report/data available.

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