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If you live in a rural area, hospitals are not as well equipped as city hospitals. As far as diagnostic testing and the care you receive. Our rural hospital will stabilize you, than life flight you to larger hospitals for care. But that is not always the case. I have had to demand family members be life flighted to city hospitals when I was told "There is nothing more we can do. You need to start making arrangements" for something as simple as a broken wrist. My brother was admitted and was having cluster seizures at rural hospital. They refused to give him his seizure meds because "The Dr didn't leave instructions for him to receive them". I said "Well, can't you call the Dr and get an order to give him his Dilantin?" and they said "No. He went out of town for the Labor Day weekend". I said "Well, get the on call Dr to prescribe his meds!!" They said "There is no on call Dr." I said "Well, don't you have an ER Dr or another Dr in this whole hospital that can prescribe his Dilantin?" Nurse said "There are no Drs in the hospital this weekend. Just Drs assistants. A Dr or Surgeon will be called in if there is an emergency like a car accident". I said "My brother his seizing every 13 minutes. This IS an emergency to my family!!". She said "It's not the kind of emergency to call a Dr. in for." So, I screamed for them to transfer him to Knoxville immediately or I will file a malpractice lawsuit against this whole hospital and against YOU, (the nurse). They found him a bed at Ft. Sanders in Knoxville and he was life flighted there. When helicopter arrived, he was seizing every 7 minutes". When he arrived at Ft. Sanders, Dr. called me and asked if I wanted him to be placed on life support bc his blood pressure had dropped so low and they couldn't get it back up. I said "Absolutely!". He was on life support a week, hospitalized 2 weeks, than went to nursing home for a month and came home with slight damage to his brain, but otherwise OK. So, you have to advocate for your loved ones and if you have no one to advocate for you, find someone. Anyone. And write down your meds, instructions in certain cases, and hospitals you do not want to be admitted to for anything more than stabilizing you than you want to be transferred to hospital A, B, C or D. Research your local hospital, their protocalls, what emergency staff do they have on holiday weekends, do they have life flight contracts. Do your homework and advocate for yourself and your loved ones. Not all rural hospitals are as horrid as the one near me. I have had to demand and threaten to have my brother, (a triple stroke survivor), life flighted 4 times. 2 of those times he was dying from neglect by rural hospital. Not changing his cathetor and he got an infection and I was told he was going to die. And he broke his right wrist and had surgery. He couldn't use his left arm from strokes. In ICU, they would set his food and water down on bedtray and leave. He had no way to feed himself. They kept telling me he was refusing food. He wasn't refusing food!! He had no way to eat it so I demanded he be life flighted to Knoxville. He was severely dehydrated, malnourished, and his numbers were crazy. Knoxville filed complaints against rural hospital with AMA for neglect. Within 24 hours of care at Knoxville hospital, he was close to 100% better. So, do your homework and demand a 2nd hospital if need be.
No. In fact they are VERY VERY different according to how they are staffed, according to whether they are teaching hospitals or not, according to the state they are in and the support they have, according to whether non profit or for profit (though there are ways for "non profit" to profit if you know what I mean. Most now have hospitalists giving care, not your local MD. They vary also in the services they offer. Some small town hospitals don't even have an emergency department. Specifically what are you curious about, or what do you need to know.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
A.
I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
B.
APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
C.
APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Not all rural hospitals are as horrid as the one near me. I have had to demand and threaten to have my brother, (a triple stroke survivor), life flighted 4 times. 2 of those times he was dying from neglect by rural hospital. Not changing his cathetor and he got an infection and I was told he was going to die. And he broke his right wrist and had surgery. He couldn't use his left arm from strokes. In ICU, they would set his food and water down on bedtray and leave. He had no way to feed himself. They kept telling me he was refusing food. He wasn't refusing food!! He had no way to eat it so I demanded he be life flighted to Knoxville. He was severely dehydrated, malnourished, and his numbers were crazy. Knoxville filed complaints against rural hospital with AMA for neglect. Within 24 hours of care at Knoxville hospital, he was close to 100% better. So, do your homework and demand a 2nd hospital if need be.
Why do you ask?
Yes, every hospital is different even in the same State.
Specifically what are you curious about, or what do you need to know.