GERIATRIC HEALTH
welcome
KareFirst is a fast growing nurse practitioner group licensed in 16 states having provided care to more than 45,000 patients. We are dedicated to improving the healthcare outcomes for geriatric patients in skilled nursing, assisted living, and independent living facilties.
karefirst focus
KAREFIRST MISSION
KAREFIRST services
KAREFIRST services
KareFirst’s mission is to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations by delivering high-quality medical services directly within skilled nursing, assisted living, and independent living communities.
By providing timely, onsite care, we help patients achieve their highest possible level of health while simultaneously improving facility performance.
Our approach strengthens regulatory compliance, supports higher Medicare Star Ratings, and contributes to improved outcomes in both annual and complaint-driven state and federal surveys.
KAREFIRST services
KAREFIRST services
KAREFIRST services
KareFirst specializes in gerontological care, providing comprehensive assessments across the full continuum of an older adult’s health needs, including health promotion, disease prevention, and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic conditions. Our care model is designed to address the complex and evolving needs of aging patients, particularly those with multi-system disease and age-related changes.
Our experienced nurse practitioners work collaboratively with each facility’s clinical team, including the Director of Nursing, Medical Director, attending physicians, and nursing staff—to deliver patient-centered care that aligns with both clinical best practices and facility goals.
industry evolving
GERIATRIC healthcare
GERIATRIC healthcare
GERIATRIC healthcare
The U.S. healthcare industry is at a critical imbalance between the supply of and demand for primary care services.
Nurse practitioners have become an essential component of the modern primary care workforce, helping to bridge access gaps, deliver high-quality onsite care, and meet the evolving clinical and operational needs of an aging population.
On the demand side, the powerful demographic force of the U.S. population aged 65 and older is expected to double by 2030, with the fastest-growing segment being adults aged 85 and older.
This expanding group of older adults have higher medical complexity, chronic disease burden, and care intensity. This expansion is driving an unprecedented utilization of healthcare services which will require long-term care, post-acute services, and facility-based medical care within nursing home, assisted living and independent communities.
On the supply side, the healthcare system faces a growing shortage of primary care physicians and this shortage is especially felt in long-term care, rural communities, and underserved markets, where access to consistent, onsite medical providers is limited. This has accelerated the expanded role of nurse practitioners to meet the evolving demands of the healthcare system.
Nurse practitioners have become an essential component of the modern primary care workforce, helping to bridge access gaps and deliver high-quality onsite care.
HEALTHCARE SOLUTION
GERIATRIC healthcare
GERIATRIC healthcare
Nurse practitioners represent an immediate and scalable solution to the growing demand for primary care services across the U.S. healthcare system. As shortages of primary care physicians continue to intensify, nurse practitioners have emerged as the fastest-growing segment of the primary care workforce, expanding at an annual rate of approximately 10%, compared to physician growth of less than 2% in primary care, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Nurse practitioners are increasingly serving as primary care providers for medically complex and aging populations, particularly in long-term care, post-acute, rural, and underserved settings. The number of Medicare patients treated by nurse practitioners increased fifteen-fold between 1998 and 2010 according to the University of Texas Medical Branch. By the mid-2020s, approximately 40% of Medicare beneficiaries receive some level of care from nurse practitioners, reflecting their expanding presence across the continuum of care according to the AANP.
Expanded scope-of-practice laws in many states, combined with strong clinical outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and high patient satisfaction, have firmly positioned nurse practitioners as a critical component of the modern primary care infrastructure. As a result, healthcare systems, regulators, and payers have increasingly embraced nurse practitioners as a practical and sustainable response to the evolving demands of the healthcare industry.
karefirst states
Copyright © 2026 KareFirst - All Rights Reserved.