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patrice

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11. From my perspective, hospital admissions are kind of a CYA in some cases and, then, because
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:49 PM
Jan 2013

we are talking about elders here, the one-size-fits-all hospital processes and procedures CAN do more harm than good on issues that are entirely un-related to whatever an elder is sent to the hospital in the first place, which, whatever THAT issue was, could be kind of window dressing (CYA) anyway and, then, if there's dementia, well . . . that's staff intensive, which is another issue on top of whatever the care plan is.

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