Estimated 43% of elderly Americans will be admitted to a nursing home and more than 85% of them are admitted to a long-term facility.
Fluid intake of such residents is below the recommended 1500-2500 ml per day.
About 1.5 million nursing home residents.
Roughly 1,000,000 long stay residents in nursing homes.
Nursing home residents are frail, have complex medical conditions, have cognitive and functional impairments, and are disproportionally likely to be members of marginalized racial groups and low income people covered by Medicaid.
This population is at high risk receiving low quality care and adverse outcomes, including preventable hospitalizations, inappropriate medication use, and low satisfaction care.