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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:44 again, the one thing that did make us worry is that once skilled nursing was needed, we believed he needed an advocate: the staff didn't always act with my dad's interests in mind. Though he was sharp as a tack and determined to recover and go back to their assisted living apartment, [b]some of the staff treated him as if he was a goner, and they didn't want to be bothered with his recovery work ethic.[/b] [/quote] Many people don't realize this is why the elderly die so quickly after something that requires added help. Surgery, some sort of illness (the flu, as an example) that would just be a recovery period for non-elderly. Something as curable as an UTI takes out the elder due to lack of care. My dad would have been dead in a month but we stepped in and dealt with it. But that also meant that it was our responsibility for the next 19 months until he passed. [/quote]
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