Long Term Care

Patient wanted for hazardous confinement. Needle sticks, poor sleep and periods of fasting required.

Jennifer Brokaw / October 6, 2018

What is a meaningful quality of life? How should this inform a living will? What is a living will? What are the costs of long term care?

Jennifer Brokaw / August 3, 2012

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How Eldercare Handicaps Women
According to a new study published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, almost half of all hospitalized patients age 65 or older ... Read More »
It’s Time to Rethink the Role of Emergency Rooms
Too much non-emergency medical care is happening in emergency rooms. In the Washington Post today I point out that emergency care costs are soaring, and ... Read More »

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