Can anyone go to John Hopkins or NIH?

Question

My mom is 72 she is a very entergectic lady. For months now her short term memory is gone. She also falls alot, she says she doesn't even realize when she's going to fall. Her family doctor is more of a pill pusher then anything. My dad and I want to know if anyone can to to these major hospitals. He has medicare and AARP. Please help

Answer 1

You can ask for your physician for a referral. If you are not comfortable doing this or your doctor refuses than you can make the calls yourself. You should do research to locate the best doctor for your mothers condition and request an appointment. You can look up any major medical facility online. Look for Admitting or referral information:

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/referraldirectory/jhh_admitting.cfm

You may need a physician referral for the National Institute of Health. Call and ask.
http://www.nih.gov/about/contact.htm

If you are interested in any other major facility go to Google.com and type the name of the medical center into the search engine. In general you will find telephone numbers and addresses on the front page of the website.

Good luck.

Answer 2

You can go to any hospital, as long as you have a doctor who is on staff there. If you don't have a doctor who practices at the hospital of your choice, ask a physician referral service for the name of one who specializes in the what ails your mother.

Answer 3

yes i have a friend that needed to go there and they went.
Her antibodies were eating her nerves and brain.