Comments for Health Care Cost Monitor http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org Commentary and opinion on cost control in the implementation of health reform. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The Toll of Prolonging Life by Eric Berger, MD http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/eugenecauvin/the-toll-of-prolonging-life/comment-page-1/#comment-109257 Eric Berger, MD Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:10:19 +0000 http://healthcarecostmonitor.thehastingscenter.org/?p=620#comment-109257 My mother died at 93 after a 6 year slide through progressive Alzheimer's. A fortune in unnecessary care was generated while in the nursing home, shuttled back and forth to the hospital, treating everything from urinary tract infections to bed sores (caused by the very fact that she was bed-ridden for 4 years!). My father died at 95, a year later, with a clear DNR which was disregarded twice when I was unable to attend a phone call from his physician. This is one of the best articles I have read on the subject... articulate and accurate. Thank you. My mother died at 93 after a 6 year slide through progressive Alzheimer’s. A fortune in unnecessary care was generated while in the nursing home, shuttled back and forth to the hospital, treating everything from urinary tract infections to bed sores (caused by the very fact that she was bed-ridden for 4 years!).
My father died at 95, a year later, with a clear DNR which was disregarded twice when I was unable to attend a phone call from his physician.
This is one of the best articles I have read on the subject… articulate and accurate.
Thank you.

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