My grandmother was at Budd Terrace on a nursing home floor for the end of her life, but that was a while back. VistaCare, I gather, is a Big Corporation, and has subcontracted to run a hospice on the 6th floor of Budd Terrace. We don't particularly care if it's BigCorp if the care is good, and so far I'm pleased. Oh, and they have to use Emory doctors, so that keeps us linked to the previous care at Emory and Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital.
The issue I didn't predict is getting an autopsy. We want one, for our own knowledge and because we'd like to help them to figure out what went wrong with the cryosurgery. If we were at an Emory Healthcare facility, I think it would be automatic--certainly if we were still at the university hospital it would. VistaCare just isn't set up for it, and is suggesting I call local medical examiners. That's not what we want....those guys are forensic-oriented. We're still working on how to get it done at Emory, and now it's the weekend. Grrr....timing.
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Date: 2009-06-13 01:35 am (UTC)The issue I didn't predict is getting an autopsy. We want one, for our own knowledge and because we'd like to help them to figure out what went wrong with the cryosurgery. If we were at an Emory Healthcare facility, I think it would be automatic--certainly if we were still at the university hospital it would. VistaCare just isn't set up for it, and is suggesting I call local medical examiners. That's not what we want....those guys are forensic-oriented. We're still working on how to get it done at Emory, and now it's the weekend. Grrr....timing.