The Guardian: Transfer Trauma: America’s Seniors Suffer as Care System Pushes them Between Sites (May 28, 2020)
Transfer trauma, a nonclinical term for what elders experience when they are moved from one facility to another, is something elder care advocates see families confront every day. “It’s extremely common,” Eric Carlson of Justice in Aging said. “It’s a very dangerous point in the life of a nursing facility resident when the Medicare has ended.”