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She remained a bed blocker for weeks, too frail to return home but not ill enough to justify continued hospitalization, while authorities scrambled to find a suitable care placement.
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She remained a bed blocker for weeks, too frail to return home but not ill enough to justify continued hospitalization, while authorities scrambled to find a suitable care placement.
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bed blocker
Noun
UK
derogatory
idiomatic
(chiefly
UK,
idiomatic,
derogatory,
medicine,
public
policy)
An
elderly
hospitalized
person
who
is
too
infirm
to
return
home
but
not
sufficiently
ill
to
necessitate
continued
hospitalization,
creating
a
situation
in
which
his
or
her
hospital
stay
is
prolonged
while
authorities
or
relatives
search
for
a
suitable
placement
amid
the
scarce
resources
of
nursing
homes
or
other
long-term
care
facilities.
Japanese Meaning
高齢で体力が衰えた入院患者で、退院するには十分健康ではないものの、継続入院が必要ないために、適切な介護施設や看護施設が見つからず、結果的に病院のベッドを不必要に占有してしまう人物
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