Download or read book Falling Through the Cracks written by Daniel West and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year there are over 250,000 deaths from medical errors in the US. But there is no tally on the number of patients who lose their quality of life from care designed to protect the hospital from liability, not help the patients. The legal risks associated with caring for patients means that any patient can easily become crippled because of gaping flaws in the US healthcare system.Did you know just 24 hours in a hospital bed can leave a vulnerable patient struggling to walk? Yet patients admitted to hospital stay in bed all day. Why? It is not because of illness. It is about business. Healthcare is less about keeping patients healthy as it is about taking away the responsibility for people to remain healthy to make a profit.Do you know the early warning signs that show a patient will fail rehab and never recover functionally from hospitalization?In his 30 years of practice, at over 70 facilities, Daniel West has seen patients from 25 to 93 unintentionally have their quality of life destroyed because the medical system is more focused on avoiding lawsuits than it is on maintaining quality lives of patients. Would you know where the risks are?Daniel West has restored mobility to hundreds of patients that doctors have written off. He has also seen mistakes in medical judgement that have destroyed lives. The stories contained in this book will open your eyes to what goes on behind the scenes of a hospital or rehab facility. The healthcare system may keep patients breathing. But the decreased quality of life these patients can have because of their decline in mobility is of importance to no one but the patients.Any person with an aging parent, or grandparent, needs to read this book. At some stage, Daniel guarantees a member of your family will need hospital care. Learn to know what to look for, and what questions to ask, to make sure your family members do not fall through the cracks.Being informed will always be the best medicine.