Shannon Martin, M.S.W., CMC
Aging Wisely, LLC
Clearwater, Florida  33756
727-447-5845

Member of the national ElderCare Matters Alliance, Florida chapter

If your loved one is hospitalized, the hospital discharge process is a key transition time.  Within 90 days of hospital discharge, as many as 35% of Medicare recipients will be readmitted to the hospital.

Without proper support and resources as well as good understanding of follow up instructions, many individuals will return to the hospital for reasons that could have been avoided.  No one wants this, and it can be especially dangerous for elders and persons with chronic conditions.

If you are a family caregiver and an elderly loved one is hospitalized what can you do to ensure a safe transition after the hospital stay? Read more on Article of the Week: Ensuring a Safe Transition for Your Loved One After a Hospital Stay…

Bert Cave
President of Support For Home
Sacramento, California  95825
916-482-8484

Member of the national ElderCare Matters Alliance, California chapter

At Support For Home and other good home care agencies, our mission is to help people live at home just as long as they want to and safely can. We, along with the courts and gerontologists, believe that home is normally the place where quality of life is the highest.  However, we believe that every individual and every family should, in advance, determine the criteria which establishes home as a viable living space – either independently or with home care services.

Read more on Article: Advance Living Directive (Part 1 of 4)…