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Does it seem like after surgery, they should keep older people under observation for 2 or 3 days before they send them home?

Rick’s 96 year old dad fell a while back. A week and a half ago he had back surgery for it. They sent him home the same day. I was flabbergasted. He lives by himself. The boys check on him daily, but pretty much he lives by himself.
Well, last Sunday (3 days after surgery) he called Rick’s brother and said something was wrong and he needs to go back to the hospital.

I don’t know what all is wrong, but he’s been there ever since.
Yesterday they moved him to an assisted living facility for rehabilitation with the objective of moving him back home. Don’t even get me started….
Rick said that today he’s really out of it. He’s making no sense at all. I don’t have a good feeling about this…

I can’t help but think all of this could have been avoided, or quickly cleared up,a if they hadn’t been in such a rush to send him back home.

What are your thoughts?

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