Hospitals can be unsafe places. Mistakes happen. Sleep can border on the impossible. Hospital-based infections happen far too often.
To combat all of this and to enhance and protect the well-being of a loved one who is hospitalized for any reason, family members and individuals named as agents in Advance Directives must become protective advocates when a loved one is hospitalized.
In this timely article, I explain the challenges in practical terms. I offer guidelines and specific action steps that can and must be taken to measurably enhance safety and quality of care in a hospital setting.
Read and use the article, which appeared in the September 2017 issue of nationally renowned Trusts & Estates magazine.