It can be so hard to ask for help sometimes, especially when you get older. It's natural for a child to need help making their lunch, but an adult, who has done this their entire life, has a hard time accepting that they could, or should, no longer do so for themselves. Change can hurt and it can be scary. Our aging loved ones are going to reach a point where they will need us, and our help, more and more. You will inevitably meet resistance to care, if not in entirety, to any changes that limit a person's independence.

Hospital readmissions remain high in the United States, especially for seniors. A whopping 34% of hospital discharges will be readmitted within 90 days. While billions of dollars in taxpayer money are lost on these readmissions, in many cases they are preventable. Proper discharge planning promotes timely and safe patient transfer between care levels and across care settings. This is especially true during discharge from a skilled nursing facility to community settings or a home. However, with proper discharge protocols and trained caregivers for seniors, ER visits reduce.