As the demographics shift and we care for more elderly patients, our role as advocate will become more important. We will need to take special care to identify those who have no voice, and act to be sure their interests and their desires are shepherded. This can be more difficult than it seems in a busy department.
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ACEP News: Vol 28 – No 01 – January 2009From now on, when I see an elderly person alone on a stretcher, I’m going to remember that he or she used to be a baby. If I frame it that way, I hope I’ll act as the patient’s mother would want me to.
Dr. Baehren lives in Ottawa Hills, Ohio. He practices emergency medicine and is an assistant professor at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Your feedback is welcomed at David.Baehren@utoledo.edu.
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