Dementia patients to block quarter of NHS beds

Gridlock by design: Why provinces have no excuses left for hospital bed-blocking crisis

Imagine waking up in a hospital bed and being told by a doctor that you are well enough to leave, only to discover you cannot. Not because you want to stay, but because there is nowhere safe for you to go. No home-care support, no rehabilitation space, no long-term care bed.

One in four NHS beds could be taken by dementia patients within 15 years, report warns

Almost one in six NHS hospitals is being occupied by dementia patients, costing the service around £12million a day, a review has warned.Without major reforms to social care, researchers predict that one in four beds could be occupied by dementia patients by 2040, overwhelming hospitals and restricting access to treatment.The review comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham pushes ahead with plans to overhaul England’s social care system, in the hope…

One in six hospital beds filled by dementia patients

The study is the most comprehensive review of dementia hospitalizations ever undertaken in the UK. The researchers outline how delayed discharges, lack of communication among NHS staff and hospital environments unsuitable for dementia patients are keeping people in hospital unnecessarily, eroding dignity and exacerbating frailty. Those with dementia are five times more likely to remain in hospital despite being medically fit to leave, with delay…

Dementia patients to block quarter of NHS beds

Hospitals will be ‘overwhelmed’ by a failing care system within 15 years, report warns

Call for ‘community-centric approaches’ to reduce dementia hospitalisations

People with dementia stay seven times longer than others in acute care, research has found.