Lost in a Healthcare Maze: Finding Options for Your Aging Parents
True story: recently a colleague told me she’d received a phone call from a friend on the West Coast, a geriatrician I’ll call Dr. Z. His 85-year old father, who lived on the East Coast, had fallen at home and broken his arm. He was in the hospital but would soon be discharged. He was insistent he’d be fine returning home. After all, up until this injury he’d still been living independently. He drove himself to the store and to his medical appointments.
