Older people are not the problem: advocate calls for safe, respectful hospital care

‘Commonly used terms such as 'bed block’ and 'long-stay patients' give the impression older people are clogging up the health care system and/or using it inappropriately.'

'Access to a hospital bed should be predicated on a person’s clinical need – not their age bracket. Older people have a right to high quality, safe, respectful care in all settings,' he says in the latest issue of The Health Advocate.