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Adults 65 and older, who account for nearly 20% of ER visits, are especially vulnerable during long waits for care and may wait more often.

Physicians say this problem is even worse than during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physicians say this problem is even worse than during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physicians say this problem is even worse than during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physicians say this problem is even worse than during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physicians say this problem is even worse than during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises.

Many older adults needing hospital care are getting stuck in emergency room limbo — sometimes for over a day — affecting those with multiple health issues.

Boarding patients in emergency departments has created a national crisis. A solution is clear, but it would require rethinking hospital finances.