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A 4 page research paper that discusses personal emergency response systems (PERS) and whether they positively impact patient outcomes. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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is not uncommon in the U.S. for older adults who live alone to be found either "helpless or dead," as annually around 300,000 senior citizens are discovered incapacitated on the
floor of their homes (Bernstein, 2000). One research study reported that the average "down time for 381 older adults...was 4.5 hours" (Porter, 2005, p. 26). Other research places the average
time to discovery much higher, as Bernstein (2000) indicates the median time spent incapacitated as 15 hours. The majority of these adults survived the experience, but a little more than
a third were able to continue living independently in their homes (Porter, 2005; Bernstein, 2000). A personal emergency response system (PERS) has the potential to alter a negative downward spiral
in the health of an older adult through earlier intervention in an emergency situation. A PERS is a typically consists of a button, worn on the wrist or on a
cord about the neck, which contains a radio transmitter that can directly summon an emergency response team. The topic question addressed in this literature review is whether or not a
PERS can have a positive effect on patient outcomes. According to empirical research, the use of PERS reduces mortality rates among subscribers to this service by a factor
of four (Bernstein, 2000). Its use also reduces hospitalizations by 59 percent and yields a benefit to cost ratio of seven to one, that is, for every dollar spent on
the PERS service, there is a health cost savings of $7.19 (Bernstein, 2000). One studys results indicated that PERS usage saved an average of 144 hours per month in home
attendant services and a 3-years longitudinal study showed that PERS users "averaged 1 day per year in a nursing home vs. 13 days for control subjects" (Bernstein, 2000, p. 40).
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