Over the past six weeks I have been in four hospital cafeterias with three different friends or family members who are instructed by to follow low-sodium diets by their physicians, cardiologists specifically, affiliated with these same medical institut…
Continue ReadingThe Kevin MD blog features an interesting post about atrial fibrilliation (afib). The article, Improving Atrial Fibrillation Communication Between Doctors and Patients, provides suggestions that can help improve communication between physicians an…
Continue ReadingIf you like this post, please read my Senior Parent Hospitalization posts: Report #1: This Hospital Gets It, Report #2: Peace and Quiet, Report #3: Four Ways to Reduce Stress for Patient Families, Report #4: Observations from My Dad, Report #5: The…
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I have more posts to share about Dad’s time in the hospital, but today, when he arrived home from the hospital, Dad sat down with his iPad and wrote these thoughts about his time as a patient. You may also enjoy the iPad for Dad series on this bl…
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If you like this post, please read my Senior Parent Hospitalization posts: Report #1: This Hospital Gets It, Report #2: Peace and Quiet, and Report #3: Four Ways to Reduce Stress for Patient Families. Still here at the hospital with my dad. My husband…
Continue ReadingMy good friend and colleague, Judah Ronch, Dean of the Erickson School at UMBC, sent me this article with the note, “Look what we started.” It looks good: When 85-year-old Aloysius “Al” Boroniec fell twice in a matter of weeks, he found treatment for his injuries in a different kind of emergency room — one […]
Continue ReadingTestimony of the power of elders from the diary of Crystal Eyes on www.DailyKos.com: Last night we went to Adam Smith’s (D) WA-9 town hall in Lakewood Washington. The event was held at the local high school football stadium with an estimated crowd of 2,000 people. ******************************************************************** Then an incident happened that I will never […]
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