Delayed discharges carry increased risk of infection, create lost bed days and can lengthen waiting lists
A further 375 patients who were approved for funding for the nursing home support scheme had their discharge delayed due to having to wait to secure a place in a care setting. A total of 1,144 people had their discharge delayed by various lengths of time, in order for the NHSS application to be completed and submitted by either the patient themselves or their family.
“There’s a thing called decompensation, where your ability to readily adapt to coming home can become diminished,” he said. “Waiting lists and overcrowding in emergency departments are perhaps worse now than they’ve been in some time. The restrictions in access to homecare just makes that worse,” he added.
Minister of State for Older People Mary Butler has said the national shortage of carers is the most urgent problem in homecare. According to recent figures, more than 6,000 older people are on a waiting list for the service.
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