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Quotation of the Day for November 20, 2010"The essential problem is this. An elderly person's real needs are fundamentally different from the needs of all the rest of us. The critical-care system is designed for prevention and rescue. Its carefully developed, standardized, science-based procedures work well for the middle-aged. But no two fragile elderly people are alike. Their diseases are beyond fixing. Their real issues are comfort and function, not rescue and repair, and where they really want to be is in their home. Yet, we still try to cure them. Rather than attending to their comfort, we overmedicate them in a well-intentioned effort to improve their futures." - Margaret Wente, Little old ladies are crashing the system, Globe and Mail. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/healthcare/little-old-ladies-are-crashing-the-system/article1794232/] Submitted by: Lynn Kisilenko Nov. 11, 2010 |
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