From Hospital to Nursing Home and Back

No one wants to go to a nursing home. But it’s unavoidable when patients get caught between hospital policies that require earlier and earlier discharge on the one hand, and the inability of family members to care for elderly or otherwise fragile patients who are being released from hospital care too soon for home care to suffice. So it’s particularly common for older patients who’ve had surgery or suffered serious illness to be sent from the hospital to a nursing home to recover. According to a June 13 NPR “Shots” Health News report by Jordan Rau, “Medicare Takes Aim At Read More