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5 Tips for Staying Safe in the Hospital: A Checklist

Posted on 04/30/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Roni Caryn Rabin This KHN story was produced in collaboration with The Washington Post Wanted: an advocate for a hospital patient. Long hours, no pay. Must be articulate, assertive, able to ask tough questions and stay cool under pressure. Blood relative or close friend preferred. Knowledge about the health-care system a plus. “It would be ideal to have Dr. Marcus Welby looking in on you and coordinating everything, and giving you a big reassuring smile but that’s not the …

Hospital Dreams

Posted on 05/13/2011 by | Aging, Home & Family Expert | Comments

Caregiving | RelationshipsShe looks so pale and frail lying in that bed with the blankets tucked up around her shoulders so only her sweet face pops out. Five or more enormous bruises on her arms are nagging reminders of the multiple IV’s (both failed and successful) she’s had over the past week, but they are hidden now under the butter-cream cotton blankets – once comforting, fresh out of the blanket warmer, but now cold and impersonal like everything else in this hospital. …