Dying patients would get better care if hospitals and nursing homes act as partners, a Brown University medical professor told a Senate panel.Dr. Vince Mor, a professor of community health at Brown University in Rhode Island, testified before the Senate Aging Committee that patient choices could be better carried out if "a single health-care provider, or health-care system, is accountable for an episode of care." Mor said, "Hospitals and nursing homes must become partners in order to decrease inappropriate health care transitions, particularly in the last months of life."
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Should? They already do sir, at least in the guardianship business.
ReplyDeleteYes, they already do, the partnership is called "Guardianship against One's Wishes" It usually comes under the wording 24 Hour Care is Needed. And nobody at home or in the home care business could do this for your loved one, nobody but an overpriced Nursing Home who is in cahoots with the Hospital. If you don't approve, fine we will slap a restraining order on you and any other family member who disagrees with our ruling and you will never see your loved one again! You are the POA? It doesn't matter! We have super lawyers for that who steamroll over any POA's and advance directives and family trusts you have already setup. Beware the trip to the hospital when you are elderly or in an accident.
ReplyDeleteI know this isn't what Dr. Vince Mor meant, but when I saw the title of this post, my first thought was "partners in crime."
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