Discharge to Assess
Complex discharges including those with dementia are not being dealt with well.Carers are not always listened to, or worse simply ignored.
Discharge teams base their assessment on what they can observe in hospital and sometimes this is very foolish.
Demenita patients will not always behave in hospital situations as they do when they are in their homes.
They may convince hospital staff they are more capable than they are resulting in dangerous discharges.
