Patients discharged home or to home care were more likely to return with a linked infection than those discharged to skilled nursing homes.
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Elderly Readmitted With Same Infections They Took Home
Posted on 25 October 2019.
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How to fight for yourself at the hospital
Posted on 22 September 2016.
Everything initially went well with Barbara Charnes’ surgery to fix a troublesome ankle. But after leaving the hospital, the 83-year-old soon found herself in a bad way.
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Hospital readmission penalties for nursing home patients
Posted on 13 April 2016.
A significant number of older adults are not ready to go home when they leave the hospital. About one-fifth are discharged to one of the nation’s 15,000 skilled nursing facilities for rehabilitative care.
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No one fix to slow hospital readmission epidemic
Posted on 24 May 2013.
More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to slow.
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Tribute to late aunt results in Mass. Guide to Nursing Home Care brochure
Posted on 27 December 2010.
Within 24 hours of being admitted, Miller suffered a seizure and was brought to a hospital. When the hospital called the nursing home to report Miller was ready to return, the facility said it wouldn’t accept her back.
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