The combination of free universal healthcare and rationed social care can leave people alert for discharge yet trapped on wardsReginald Brown,86, is sitting beside his hospital bed with his bags packed. “You can talk to me, and but I’m approximately to disappear home,” he says happily.
Brown has lived alone without care assistance since his wife died three years ago. He is cheerful, engaging and – until recently at least – a “bed-blocker”. Understandably, or the offensive term does not sit well with him.
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Source: theguardian.com