Ensure coordinated community care
The Optum® care model and UnitedHealthcare® Assisted Living Plan help to support residents who need an institutionalized level of care. Coordinated care is delivered through an advanced practice clinician who acts as a single point of contact between staff, residents, family members and broader care team. Find out how we can help to increase resident length of stay and reduce hospital readmissions.
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The number of adults over age 65 is
estimated to increase by 3.2% each year.
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Are you ready to serve the needs
of this growing population?
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The Optum care model and the UnitedHealthcare
Assisted Living Plan may be able to help.
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This smart solution is designed
to care for your residents
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who require an institutional level of care.
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Here’s how it works.
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When your residents become members,
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they receive health care benefits
and highly coordinated care.
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The benefits go well beyond standard Medicare.
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Members get 24/7 telephonic support
as well as benefits for dental, vision,
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hearing aids and even transportation.
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Coordinated care is delivered through
an advanced practice clinician, or APC.
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The APC works with your staff,
residents and the broader care team.
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With the member’s permission, the APC
also reaches out to the resident’s family,
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operating as a single point of contact
between all care providers and family members,
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ensuring clear, frequent communication.
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Without this level of coordination,
potential gaps in care may arise,
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and there’s a risk of not
getting truly coordinated care.
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For example, let’s say a resident at
your community develops an infection.
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They are taken to a hospital for care,
but there’s no APC serving as a link
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between the hospital staff and your staff.
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Without an APC communicating
with the hospital staff,
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they’re not aware of the resident’s chronic conditions,
medications or advanced care plan.
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In addition, the APC can help communicate details
about the resident’s return and care required.
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Assisted living communities that have partnered
with us are seeing the model’s value.
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They’ve extended resident length of stay for
eight months longer than the national average
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and reduced hospital readmissions by 38%.
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Like the sound of those results?
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Put the power of a United benefits and
Care solutions to work at your community
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and elevate the experience for your residents.
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Learn more about the Optum care model and
the UnitedHealthcare Assisted Living Plan
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at optum.com/alc.