Our practice will no longer see nursing home patients in our office. If a nursing home patient is already established with us, then we will see him; but, we have decided not to accept new patients. Of course, we believe that these individuals – like the rest of us – deserve medical care. This demographic not only deserves care, but has the greatest need for medical services. Our practice will see every person who wants to see us, including the uninsured. Why, then, would a welcoming practice like ours close our door to new nursing home patients? We just couldn’t take it anymore. These patients, who often have serious physical and mental challenges, would typically arrive to our office accompanied by a driver, who naturally has no medical knowledge. The patient often had no awareness of the reason for the visit. The ‘medical record’ consisted of a nearly indecipherable list of medications of uncertain accuracy. Typically, no reason for the visit was documented, or ther
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