It costs about $2,800 just to spend one night in a hospital nowadays. http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/average-cost-per-inpatient-day-across-50-states.html
Really good, thanks for asking. We had a third fall yesterday morning but the paramedics didn't transport him and we went to his already scheduled appointment later that day. We think it's a reaction to a medication he was taking for his memory. He kept coming up with low sodium at the hospital so we think it was leg cramps (or Charlie Horses) taking him down. I don't know if any of you have had a Charlie Horse but I get them in the middle of the night sometimes and they are excruciating! We're taking him off the one medication and decreasing his BP medication by half (it can cause dehydration) and got him some magnesium. It really seems to be helping with the cramps, he had a couple little ones today but he was able to stand up and get the muscle to relax. He and Mom have had a rough week but they are STRONG!!! They both stayed so calm and I know this had to be so scary for them, Dad is 82 and Mom is 75... but I think, hopefully, we're done with the paramedics for a while.
When the hospital can bill someone with deep pockets $10,000 and settle for $2800, that's how it goes.
Ouch! I get charlie horses every so often, I find that bananas help. Also if it was a particularly bad one (I get them in my calfs) putting a salonpas there is fricking amazing.
I think the increase in medical costs is a bit more complicated than that Denny. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779935.html
Prenatal care and the hospital bill for the birth are separate things. Simply convincing mothers to stop drinking and smoking during pregnancy probably accounts for some of the fewer complications.
Yes but I'm in a very fortunate situation where we have them in a beautiful retirement community that has all the levels of care including memory care. My parents can never be separated and it's one of those situations where you buy kind of an insurance that, even if you completely run out of money, you can't be kicked out because they are putting money into a trust. I won't have to worry about keeping up my parents house and they have medical staff there all the time. My parents were very smart about saving for retirement and couldn't be in a better situation. I am much more fortunate than most to not have to worry it at all.
My in-laws have lied in their house for 45 years. It's tough on them because of the stairs. They're looking at moving into either a condo or assisted living facility. Dad's fallen a few times from mini strokes, even down the stairs once or twice. Mom has onset alzheimer's, but she's still herself. She always had memory issues, calling my wife by her sister's name all the time. Those assisted living places need to be thoroughly vetted, though. My brothers and sisters in law still live there so they're keeping an eye on them.
Ha, now they have the helmet cam http://komonews.com/news/local/watc...h-on-i-5-as-motorcyclist-clings-to-moving-car
