Photos by Pat Greenhouse/Globe StaffDr. Diane McMullin visited patient Lucille Bland, 82, a resident in the Ruggles Affordable Assisted Living Community in Boston. Below, Dr. Irene Crofton (left) and McMullin examined William Manton, who is 75 and blind, at the facility.
(Photos by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Geriatric program doctors pay calls at elderly residences
Many patients were once homeless
Photos by Pat Greenhouse/Globe StaffDr. Diane McMullin visited patient Lucille Bland, 82, a resident in the Ruggles Affordable Assisted Living Community in Boston. Below, Dr. Irene Crofton (left) and McMullin examined William Manton, who is 75 and blind, at the facility.
(Photos by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Lucille Bland, 82, leans forward in her green upholstered rocking chair and breathes deeply. Dr. Diane McMullin, a Harvard geriatric medical fellow, comes around behind her and places a stethoscope on Bland's back, listening to her breathing while Dr. Irene Crofton observes and takes notes. (Full article: 755 words)
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