[Fredslist] [PROMO] Your Elders Are In Danger

[Jack Halpern]

Dear Fellow Gothamites:



Hospitals today face ever increasing pressure to quickly discharge  
their elderly patients to "rehab", which is a code word for a nursing  
home, and in many cases that facility will be a sub-standard one. Many  
people have heard me speak about this. Those fortunate clients who  
have used my services (references available upon request) have  
experienced very personally what I speak about. Many more will testify  
to my proven results.

FACT: If an elder enters a hospital with say, a broken hip or a stroke  
they will receive poor to mediocre care at best. This fact applies to  
many hospitals. I've seen it at Cornell, NYU, LIJ-Northshore and many  
others, not just inner city or city hospitals.

The hospitals view these patients, as people who are in transit. They  
will be going to a nursing home quickly and their problems are all age  
related, and routine. Chances are that your loved ones will not  
receive any specialized care or ever see a geriatric specialist. If  
they can't feed themselves, and you are not there to feed them, they  
won't eat. If they can't transfer to the bathroom or use a bedpan,  
diapers will be used. These diapers will not be changed frequently,  
which could then lead to decubitus ulcers (bedsores). If they are  
agitated or combative they will be put on psychotropic drugs. You get  
the picture.
FACT: Almost as soon as your loved one enters a hospital, the  
discharge process will begin. Soon you will asked, cajoled, and  
harassed to choose three or five nursing homes from a list of nursing  
homes in your area (or in many cases within a fifty mile radius).

The discharge planner or case manager as they are sometimes called  
might even threaten that if you don't choose one, they may choose one  
for you. They will ask you to sign the sheet with your choices. DON'T  
SIGN. If you do, you might receive a call from a nursing home telling  
you that your parent is there. They are supposed to inform you before  
the discharge, but they generally don't. They will feign a  
bureaucratic mishap.

FACT: 75% of the nursing homes in this country are sub-standard. Most  
of the rest range from dangerous to average. Maybe 5% are great.  
Anyone who tells you different has never been to any of these  
facilities. Your loved one might get an hour of good rehabilitation  
therapy, but in many of these facilities their lives are in danger.  
You need to be present all the time or get an advocate.

FACT: As soon as your elder enters a hospital or nursing home THEY  
NEED AN ADVOCATE. Even if you are there all the time they need  
protection. The powers to be will not deal with you. They damn well  
deal with me. I get results. I protect the elderly. I save lives every  
day. I am a FIXER and I have a 100% success rate and there is no one  
in this country like me. I'm very passionate about what I do. I  
provide my services across the country.

Please read my BLOG at www.myelderadvocateblog.com.



Warm wishes,

Jack





Jack Halpern, CEO
My Elder Advocate
jhalpern at myelderadvocate.com

www.myelderadvocate.com
www.myelderadvocateBLOG.com
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212-945-7550





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