Elderly People Unnecessarily Spend Too Long in Hospital: 'a Patient Waited Two Weeks, Which Costs 14,000 Euros'

Algemeen Dagblad

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More than a quarter of elderly patients spend unnecessarily long periods in the hospital. This amounts to hundreds of elderly people every day who have completed their treatment but are not immediately provided with a suitable hospital bed. Especially now that summer is approaching, it's a struggle to get the right care. "Two days in the wrong beds already costs healthcare an additional 280,000 euros."

大纪元 Epoch Times

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An elderly man named Zhang, who suffers from moderate dementia, was hospitalized due to sudden pneumonia. When facing the unfamiliar medical environment, he showed obvious agitation and wandering behavior, which made his family very worried. Fortunately, with the immediate intervention of Zhu Yanni, a dementia case manager at the Ministry of Health and Welfare Taoyuan Hospital, the elderly's mood gradually stabilized, not only reducing the use o…