“Flashing lights and beeping machines can make an emergency room visit scary and stressful, especially for senior citizens. …The senior care emergency room, which opened in November, includes features such as subdued lighting, thicker mattresses, abundant handrails and nonskid floor surfaces. Each nurse in the senior care ER is responsible for four patients, compared with a one nurse/five patient ratio in the hospital’s regular ER.”

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