They Fed Her Cake Every Night Just To Shut Her Up
She was diabetic. She'd had strokes. They fed her cake every night just to get her to stop making noise, then put her back in her room. She fell on the floor and stayed there for hours. It was $10,000 a month.
This is a new episode of Diagnose This. Dr. Z is joined by Alder Aspen — who grew up literally in elderly care facilities, having craft time with residents instead of other kids — to talk about what happens to patients once the system decides they're just old.
The decline doesn't start at 80. It starts earlier. In your 50s, you're told fatigue is normal for your age. In your 60s, pain…
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