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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a doctor , a lot of my patients population are elderly. Usually I like it when they have a family member with them because sometimes it hard for elderly to keep tracks of things and able to explain what we discussed with their family later. Some patient asked me to talk to their kids/ primary care takers on the phone and explain what s going on during visit. I am very happy to do that.

The worst is usually elderly pt from snf, who has no idea what’s going and came with transport personnel who are  equally clueless. No detail of what patient s medical history. Only one word llike .. leg pain. Or blood clots, wounds etc nothing else. Exam wasn’t helpful. Because the term blood clot can be many things

I strongly recommend if your parents are in nursing home and they are not the sharpest mentally anymore, please go to dr appointment with them. Nursing home usually could not careless. Sometimes I even have to call NH to confirm medication. The beginning of my career, I call NH to ask how pt was doing etc. but no one could actually answer me so I stopped calling .

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Sadly most pts at snfs are mentally written off by their families or have no family [/quote]

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