“I think the most important thing is are they clear on what medicines you’re supposed to take? Do they have all of the pieces in place for whatever the followup…
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“Several years ago, I got a call from a aging life care professional, and she was working with a woman that was up in her 90s. She would, at that…
“Well, it’s common for people to say, “My parent is really hard to get along with . They won’t do anything I tell them. They argue with everything I suggest….
“I think it’s important for people to have an advocate whether in the hospital or just seeing the doctor or some other healthcare provider. Some people are really good at…
“I think the most important thing is are they clear on what medicines you’re supposed to take? Do they have all of the pieces in place for whatever the followup…
“Well, there’s a lot of things, infection is probably the biggest one, bleeding, many elderly people take some kind of anticoagulants and we hope that everybody knows that, but they’re…
“I think it’s important to have a registered nurse because nurses look at things from a nursing perspective rather than, fill in the blank on a form. We use nursing…