Week #1 in this series No time during a hospitalization is potentially more at risk for confusion and communication breakdowns, even in normal times, than at discharge when a patient is transitioning from hospital to home. It is at this moment that the burden of care shifts squarely to the shoulders of family. Caregiver Issues…
Patient whiteboards in the hospital room setting are an underutilized but valuable communication tool for patients, families and the clinical team to share basic but important daily details and goals of care. Generally, hospitals use them as an identifier for staff and their shifts on a given day. Good use of whiteboards also notes daily…
Hospital delirium, in pre-pandemic times, was the most common complicationamong hospitalized patients ages 65 with upwards of 30% for those on a regularmedical ward and up to 50% for those having a surgical procedure. That’s staggering.Patients who suffer from hospital delirium have worse outcomes, longer hospitalizationsand more complicated recoveries. Studies have shown that families at…
Winter is coming. As Dr. Fauci has warned – we all need to prepare for a “world of hurt” over the coming months. Nowhere is this more starkly felt then in the hospital – by patients, both Covid and non-Covid and the frontline staff who care for them. To add to the hurt, all hospital…
When a loved one is hospitalized, family and friends always mobilize to be at bedside to provide comfort and protection. Families know their loved one best and consequently have an innate grasp of what matters most for the patient during any health crisis. Now with the pandemic families must contend with the unthinkable – a…
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