I regularly receive calls from frantic adult children with news that a parent is being involuntarily discharged from assisted living or a nursing home. (For the purpose of this article, I am using these two terms interchangeably.) It is a worrisome development, and the adult child wants to know how to handle it. First, it…READ MORE
Author: 05/31/2017
Advance medical directives are the documents that give you control over your medical care if you are unable to speak for yourself. They let you choose who will make health care decisions for you and they give guidance on the types of treatments you would or would not want. Your doctors and your loved ones…READ MORE
Author: 02/22/2017
On television shows, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) almost always works. In reality, the success rate is shockingly low. A study of 1177 patients in Rochester, NY who had cardiac arrests in a hospital showed that not more than 20% survived, and only 5% of the patients were alive one year later. If you receive CPR for…READ MORE
Author: 11/21/2016
