I was surprised to discover that the biggest scare for caregivers isn’t getting your loved one to the hospital–it’s getting them discharged. Through my uncle’s years-long journey with early-onset Alzheimer’s, I ironically felt most nervous when he was “stable.” Harried hospital nurses waited for us to choose where to fax my uncle’s 100-page medical record for review. From lists of addresses and phone numbers, we just chose the ones closest to home. The first to respond would win the case and the insurance dollars that followed…
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