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This week I ran across a posting by a Dr. Luks, a physician I follow on Twitter.  The information was originally written by another physician blogger.  Dr. Rob who writes Musings of a Distractible Mind posted this and it ran in the NY Time Health issue.  I was compelled to include this information here as well.
Rule 1: They don’t want to be at your office.
It may seem odd to patients, but most doctors forget that going to the doctor is generally unnerving. We work there, and being in a …

A study out by HealthGrades reports 195,000 in-hospital deaths secondary to medical error. 37 millions records were reviewed for 2000, 2001, and 2002 and deaths averaged 195,000 for this time period. They also found this accounted for $6 Billion in extra costs per year. This study covered all 50 states and four major areas of concern were noted.

Failure to rescue
Bed sores or pressure ulcers
Post operative sepsis
Postoperative pulmonary embolism

The study also highlights these scary findings.

Of the total 323,993 deaths among Medicare patients 81 …

As a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, I am in charge of our fall journal which carries a theme of Life Care Planning for those with amputation.  Typically this means that I am in charge of locating articles for submission, sending them in to the board members for review and editing, meeting deadlines, making suggestions for topics and the like.  I have made it a personal goal to also write at least two articles to be included in this …

Today I thought I would share some resources that are related to the legal aspects of caregiving.  These links are associated with wills, work, disabilities, and other forms of advocacy.  Please feel free to notify me of others which I may have missed.  I would like this to become as comprehensive as possible.
Arkansas Adult Protective Services: Adult Protective Services assist vulnerable and elder adults to stop and  prevent abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Anyone can make a report about suspected abuse to the Hotline. Adults age 60 and older and adults …