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title: Three-Fourths of American Adults Aged 65+ Face Multiple Chronic Conditions - VirtuSense
description: PRC, a leader in healthcare experience solutions, announced significant findings from its 2020 National Health Survey focused on senior citizens living in the US. According to the survey, 73% of American adults aged 65+ live with multiple chronic conditions, with 49.4% experiencing three or more.
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# [Three-Fourths of American Adults Aged 65+ Face Multiple Chronic Conditions - VirtuSense](https://www.virtusense.ai/blog/2020/11/23/three-fourths-of-american-adults-aged-65-face-multiple-chronic-conditions)

 Written by [Emily Potts](https://www.virtusense.ai/blog/author/emily-potts) | Nov 23, 2020 8:44:34 PM

[PRC, a leader in healthcare experience solutions](https://prccustomresearch.com/), announced significant findings from its 2020 National Health Survey focused on senior citizens living in the US. According to the survey, 73% of American adults aged 65+ live with multiple chronic conditions, with 49.4% experiencing three or more.

PRC conducts their National Health Survey triennially, collecting data on a variety of community and population health topics from households across the country. Findings from the survey can be found in their latest brief titled “[Risks to Healthy Aging](https://prccustomresearch.com/risks-to-healthy-aging/).”

In addition to chronic conditions, the study explores several factors that commonly affect the health of aging adults, with other findings from the brief including:

- 64.4% of American adults aged 65+ have experienced chronic pain in 2020
- 30% of American adults aged 65+ have fallen in 2020, with 34.1% of fall victims being injured as a result
- High blood pressure (64.3%) leads chronic disease prevalence among American adults aged 65+, followed by high blood cholesterol (51.7%) and arthritis (40.3%)

Telehealth solutions with continuous remote monitoring of older adults with chronic conditions is a vital solution to keep them safe and out of the hospital. [VSTOne](https://www.virtusense.ai/products/vstone) leverages machine vision and artificial intelligence to monitor vitals, motion, and connect patients remotely with live two-way video. With continuous monitoring, deterioration is identified and communicated much earlier in the disease cycle allowing for support to be administered earlier.

VSTOne automates routine vitals checks, non-emergency in-room visits, and gives patients the means to talk with family, specialists, or their doctor remotely. With less patient contact, frontline workers reduce their risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 and in turn, conserving precious PPE.

To schedule a demo and learn more about VSTOne, click [here](https://6895082.hs-sites.com/request-a-demo).

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