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[考试辅导] 医学考博每日一读:Care gaps and funding gaps

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医学考博每日一读:Care gaps and funding gaps
$ d8 n  {* a. x% ]' e4 K7 ~Older people are being failed by an under-funded social care system, according to Dr Ian Donald of the British Geriatrics Society.- t! D$ [  c/ k, d& P4 _
With a white paper on social care imminent Dr Donald, who is working with Age UK, spells out in this week's Scrubbing Up how things need to change.
! m+ M& U9 m! Q) I/ J# pAs a specialist for older people's health working on an acute elderly care ward in a district general hospital, I see around 1,500 patients a year. 3 a8 _( V% \3 R
Most are keen to return to their home, and their families are keen to resume caring for them.
1 f# k6 k+ G! Q# c- G+ Z& U# Q- kVery many suffer from dementia, and most are frail, entering the last year or two of their lives. ; [2 ?+ P: u4 X0 f" a
We try to make it our practice to meet the families within a day or so of their admission to our ward - and so often we hear a story of how they are all struggling to cope. . ]  A. d( r! X3 E+ t0 g; |7 P) o
Some have contacted social services for help and are on a waiting list because their needs are not yet judged to be urgent - sometimes it seems the only way to turn is to seek hospital admission, or more commonly wait for that crisis to occur which precipitates the emergency admission.   L- q( I2 L! E* a5 g  Q
Sometimes that crisis was just a fall, or simple infection, but it uncovers the struggle being endured at home.
+ d  y# g% W. `& D+ ROther times the crisis is more serious - a pressure sore, fracture, or malnutrition - which could have been avoided if more timely assessment had been provided, with medical and social care working hand-in-hand.
" _1 ^$ ~1 k5 V4 v" @# B1 ~'Keeping watch'* d& ~2 e( \% f
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