Adviser LeadingAge New York Winter 2014 Winter 2014 | Page 31

What did this mean for
Rose…
One day Rose was sent to the
emergency department with
what was thought to be a bad
cold. An advanced case of lung
cancer was revealed. Rose stayed
in the hospital for five days,
essentially among strangers in
an unfamiliar place. When she
came home to the facility she
said ‘I don’t ever want to go
back to the hospit