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Transition of Care

The handoff between settings — hospital to SNF, SNF to home, home to assisted living.

What they don't tell you

The single highest-risk moment in older-adult care. Medications get lost in translation, diagnoses get omitted, family members never get the discharge instructions. A geriatric care manager's most valuable function is shepherding the transition. Worth every dollar.

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