NHS care of elderly patients often poor and lacking dignity, report says Researchers from LSE find large number of patients treated with insufficient respect in vast majority of NHS England hospitals
More than a million over-65s a year are treated poorly while in hospital, for example by not being helped to eat, according to a new report which has prompted calls for the NHS to improve care of older people.
Elderly patients are confronted with widespread and systematic inadequate care during their stay, which is a significant problem affecting the vast majority of hospitals in England, it says. Continue reading... The Guardian
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More than a million over-65s a year are treated poorly while in hospital, for example by not being helped to eat, according to a new report which has prompted calls for the NHS to improve care of older people.
Elderly patients are confronted with widespread and systematic inadequate care during their stay, which is a significant problem affecting the vast majority of hospitals in England, it says. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Older hospital patients face "widespread and systematic" pattern of poor care London School of Economics
- Older people’s experiences of dignity andnutrition during hospital stays: Secondary data analysis using the AdultInpatient Survey Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE
- Patients bewail 'lack of dignity' BBC News
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