Emergency Care for Seniors
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Mother died less than 24 hours after hospital discharge. Any advice?
6 CommentsDaughterof1930 Commented Dec 26, 2022Aunt update.
4 CommentsJL0904 Commented Oct 20, 2022I found myself treating my own mother in the ER.
6 CommentsExveemon Commented Oct 16, 2022Allowing poor decisions by elderly mom.
10 Commentsnotgoodenough Commented Oct 7, 2022Another day closer to the ER...
3 CommentsAlvaDeer Commented Apr 2022FYI... Because of the abuse of the 911 system for "lift assists," some fire and ambulance districts will soon charge up to $850 for excessive nonemergency calls.
12 CommentsMountaingyrl Commented Mar 2022
Heads up: brought my 91-yr old mom to ER. Only patients allowed in unless you are medical PoA or Medical Rep.
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Geaton777 Commented Dec 2020
Ambulance fees...
7 Comments BBS2019 Commented Oct 2020
Just had the worst night ever...
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Isthisrealyreal Commented Aug 2020
Ventured to elderly discussions and why does God wait so long....
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cwillie Commented Jul 2020
As of April 2nd today EMS medical teams unable revive a patient with a heart attack on the call they can not bring the patient to the ER.
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Rainmom Commented Apr 2020
Spent the day at the hospital with my mother due to injury from yet another fall due to low blood sugar.
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BarbBrooklyn Commented Feb 2019
The Dreaded 911 call...
12 Comments anonymous272157 Commented Jan 2019
In the blink of an eye...
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CTTN55 Commented Dec 2018
No question, just heavy sadness. My aunt has dropped into another stage, more loss.
6 Comments anonymous272157 Commented Dec 2018
How to handle this again... Terrified of having to go to ER with my Dad.
5 Comments katiekay Commented Nov 2018
I don’t belong here...this isn’t me mom says.
3 Comments Sunnygirl1 Commented Oct 2018
Venting: Mom was in ER yesterday, very scary!
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JennaRose Commented Oct 2018
Hard to accept what's happening to Mom, guilt issues...
24 Comments rovana Commented Aug 2018
Just at a loss of what to do - everything was going so well and now it's not.
4 Comments Dice5816 Commented Aug 2018
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