Assignment of Health Care to Family Caregiver

Abstract

Dear Editor,

Making the decision to relinquish the caregiving role to health care providers can be a very difficult and stressful event.[1] The health system is facing an increase in the number of elderly patients, together with many people with disabilities, rising cost of health care, and the lack of capacity in hospitals; this is worsened by different needs of patients such as dressing, drug monitoring, daily physiotherapy, speech therapy, tests, etc.[2] Service providers must, therefore, discover new ways to reduce costs, improve quality, and increase productivity…….