I have an elderly patient who's had a fall.

我这儿有个老年病人 她跌倒了。

What makes his condition more serious is that repeated infections can weaken an elderly patient's lungs.

而多次感染可以使老年患者的肺部更加衰弱，因为曼德拉的病情就恶化了。

Workers who are prepared to care for elderly or disabled patients are already in short supply, the researchers noted.

愿意照顾老人和残障人士的工作人员已经处于紧缺状态，研究人员如是说道。

For example, the husband of an elderly patient of mine had died recently.

例如，我的一位老年病人的丈夫最近去世了。

Interestingly, studies looking at elderly patients who suffer from delirium found that many are simply suffering from chronic dehydration in the first place.

有趣的是，对老年精神错乱患者的研究发现，许多人一开始只是患有慢性脱水。

Karla Wagoner used to work 36 hours a week as a home health aide, feeding, bathing, or socializing with elderly and sick patients.

卡拉·瓦格纳过去每周工作36小时，做家庭健康助理、喂饭、洗澡或与老人和病人交流。

A close look at the cases makes it clear that many of those who called for help are elderly patients with mobility challenges.

仔细观察这些病例可以清楚地看出，许多求助者是行动不便的老年患者。

Hospice care refers to the physical, mental and spiritual care of elderly patients and terminally ill patients, improving their life quality so they may pass away with comfort, peace and dignity.

安宁疗护是指对老年和基本末期患者的身心和精神护理，提高他们的生活质量，使他们能够舒适、平静和有尊严地去世。

During the early 1900s, pneumonia had a reported 30-40% fatality rate; and in a 2010 analysis of over one million elderly patients hospitalized in the US with pneumonia, the mortality rate was 11% within 30 days of admission.

据报道，在20世纪初，肺炎的致死率为30-40%；2010年，一项对美国100多万因肺炎住院的老年患者的分析显示，在入院30天内，死亡率仅为11%。

The elderly patients, then, are sent back home, and nobody figures out that what happened to them was a fall-related fracture, meaning they know that they fractured their hip, but people in the hospital don't find out how that happened.

然后，老年患者被送回家，但没有人知道发生在他们身上的是与跌倒相关的骨折， 这意味着他们知道他们的髋部骨折，但医院里的人不知道这是怎么发生的。