
Sharon Tolley, left, and her husband, Benjamin Tolley, sit on the couch in their Moonachie home, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, as they wait for a nurse to come and help them as part of Hackensack Meridian’s Hospital at Home program.
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Sharon Tolley shows off a stand of IV medications she uses for her husband, Benjamin Tolley, a patient in Hackensack Meridian’s Home Hospital program, at their home in Moonachie, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Sharon Tolley shows the tablet she uses for her husband, Benjamin Tolley, a patient in Hackensack Meridian’s Hospital at Home program, at their home in Moonachie, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Sharon Tolley pulls out the blood pressure monitor she uses for her husband, Benjamin Tolley, a patient in Hackensack Meridian’s Home Hospital Program, at their home in Moonachie, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Sharon Tolley, a caregiver for her husband, Benjamin Tolley, a patient in Hackensack Meridian’s Hospital at Home program, talks about the program on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, at their home in Moonachie.
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A folder containing important medical documents sits in the home of Benjamin and Sharon Tolley in Moonachie on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Benjamin Tolley is currently a patient in Hackensack Meridian’s residential hospitalization program.
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An emergency help phone given to home health patients sits next to Benjamin Tolley’s bed in his Moonachie home on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Sharon Tolley, a caregiver for her husband, Benjamin Tolley, holds an emergency watch given to home health care patients that alerts Hackensack Meridian Hospital when activated at their Moonachie home on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Benjamin Tolley, a patient at Hackensack Meridian Hospital’s residential program, sits next to his wife and caregiver, Sharon Tolley, at their home in Moonachie, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Benjamin Tolley, a patient at Hackensack Meridian Hospital’s residential program, pulls out a hot dog for lunch while his wife, Sharon Tolley, sits on the couch in their Moonachie home on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Benjamin Tolley refused to eat hospital food while he was hospitalized.
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Nancy Close, a nurse at Hackensack Meridian for 21 years, draws blood for testing from patient Benjamin Tolley at his home in Moonachie on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Medical equipment distributed to patients at Hackensack Meridian Hospital’s Home Assistance Program sits on Benjamin Tolley’s table in his Moonachie home on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Nancy Close, a nurse at Hackensack Meridian for 21 years, draws blood for testing from patient Benjamin Tolley at their home in Moonachie on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Benjamin’s wife, Sharon, looks on from the comfort of the couch.
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Nancy Close, a nurse at Hackensack Meridian for 21 years, draws blood for testing from patient Benjamin Tolley at his home in Moonachie on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Nancy Close, a nurse at Hackensack Meridian for 21 years, draws blood for testing from patient Benjamin Tolley at their home in Moonachie on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Benjamin’s wife, Sharon, looks on from the comfort of the couch.
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Nancy Close, a nurse at Hackensack Meridian for 21 years, takes the blood pressure of patient Benjamin Tory at his home in Moonachie on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Nancy Close, a nurse at Hackensack Meridian for 21 years, talks with a virtual nurse about certain medications patient Benjamin Tory needs at his home in Moonachie, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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