Why do the children of elderly patients stay away? Loneliness makes them get sicker and stay sicker for longer

Besides the medical details, we scrutinise the social circumstances. Does the patient live alone? (about 35% of people over 85 do). Is there any home help? (the waitlist for services is painfully long). I don’t know the answer but I see the dilemma. Hospitals packed with elderly people whose every...

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