older patients

Older Patients Are At Risk in the Hospital - How To Be An Advocate for Your Parent, Grandparent, Spouse or Other Older Loved One

You might think that admitting an older adult to the hospital is as simple as dropping them off at "Admitting" and allowing the hospital staff to take care of the rest. Think again. Older adults desperately need your help because a hospital stay can be fraught with medical errors, medication mistakes, falls, infectious diseases and a host of other life threatening events.  read more »