August 2012 - Personal Senior Advocates

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August 24, 2012/by BGadmin

Bet you didn’t know that having great insurance can actually be dangerous.

Seniors can be stuck with large medical bills when the hospital doesn’t Admit them. Admission vs. Observation?

You have guaranteed rights as a patient? Do you know what they are?

The ratio of patient to staff in a medical facility is not regulated.

Legally a facility doctor in a Nursing Home only has to see a patient once every 30 days unless the nurse notes in your chart that an issue requires the doctor’s attention.

Why do they take photos of your body when you’re admitted to a nursing home/rehab facility?

Why would anyone need to leave a nursing home to go to a doctor’s appointment?

Privately paid caregivers that provide care in your home are not legally allowed to assist you with your medications.

When Seniors are discharged from a hospital, they are told they are going to “Rehab”. No one tells them that this really means they are going to a Nursing Home.

Discharge planning begins when you arrive at the hospital, and you should be included in the planning process.

Without an Health Care Directive, if you are unable to speak for yourself, the medical facility will make ALL treatment decisions for you.

28% of hospitalizations of Seniors are caused by medication errors.

When you are in the hospital, you may request that routine lab work be done during your waking hours, not the middle of the night.

Unscrupulous medical billing practices will often reflect a “balance due” on a bill when the insurance company has already been billed.

Drug resistant infections acquired during a hospital stay have increased 230% since 2001.

A new patient has their belongings logged by the staff. The same staff reconciles the list. See The Potential Problem?

Premature discharges lead to 40% of post-op complications occurring at home.

When an elderly person has urinary tract infection, it is common for them to have “dementia like” symptoms.