I want my healthy, 90 yr. old mother to go to a doctor and stop and stop insisting I take her to the Emergency room when she has problems. I'm her POA. Should I refuse the next time? Or tell her to call an ambulance? Or... if it is in the daytime I could try taking her to an outpatient clinic. I'm sure she won't get out of the car.
They check you out better than the Primary doctor does! An ER is for auto accidents, bleeding, broken bones, strokes or heart attacks. Too many sick people in close quarters makes me nervous...
Urgent Care is less crowded, with better personal attention. In and out quick, with Rx or printed referral. Refuse to take her to ER, just drive her to Urgent Care instead. Much less expensive and quicker! Bring her photo ID and Medicare card,
I like your plan of taking her to a clinic next time. Good for you.
It's a shocking waste of resources to tie up triage & emergency staff for what could be delt with in a scheduled appointment.
I distinctly remember my mother saying to me early on a Saturday morning that she didn’t feel right. I took her to the ER and the decision was made by the hospitalist to take her off of BP meds. Her pressure was very low which is bad.
None of her doctors told us that Parkinson’s patients had lower BP. I was grateful to her hospitalist. The meds that she was prescribed before her Parkinson’s diagnosis were no longer needed and were actually causing mom harm.
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