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Hal Cranmer flew covert missions for US Air Force Special Operations Command.
Then he bought a memory care facility.
He calls his approach the Terminator method.
"Come with me if you want to live."
He means it literally.
@gdclapper18@HalCranmer If I were in your shoes, I would be frustrated as well. Please restart X and make sure it is unmuted. Everyone else was able to hear, so this should work.
A doctor told her family nothing could be done.
She flew home from memory care. Alone.
@HalCranmer, Air Force Special Ops pilot, built the alternative.
"Diagnose and adios." That is what doctors call it.
What would you do if a doctor said that about someone you love?
@HalCranmer Cranmer flew covert missions for US Air Force Special Operations Command.
Then he bought a memory care home.
He calls his approach the Terminator method.
"Come with me if you want to live."
He means it literally.
Full conversation in the first comment.
A neurologist delivers the diagnosis.
Hands the family a prescription.
Closes the door.
Hal Cranmer calls it "diagnose and adios." He says it is not a flaw in the system. It is a feature.
No reimbursement code exists for recovery. So recovery is not offered.
@ncbrit8@HalCranmer The reason it has not scaled is not clinical. It is economic. Healthy residents do not fit the business model of a 200-bed facility. Hal breaks down exactly where the incentive breaks in the full conversation.
She walked in with a cane.
She walked out without one.
MOCA score: 15 to 26. (Below 20 is dementia. Normal is 27 to 30)
Tremors gone. 40 lbs lighter.
No medication change.
Diet. Exercise. Hyperbaric oxygen. Sauna.
@HalCranmer applied USAF failure-prevention to memory care.
@JackHeald5 Hal runs a 10-resident home where healthy residents are the actual business model. At that scale the incentives flip completely. Larger operators cannot afford for residents to get better.
@HalCranmer The residents at A Paradise for Parents are lucky you refused to accept what the system told you was possible. More people need to hear this.
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Thank you @ycombinator and @garrytan for giving me an experience and memories I will forever remember