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==English== ===Alternative forms=== * [[bed-blocker]], [[bedblocker]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun|head=[[bed]] [[blocker]]}} # {{chiefly|UK|idiomatic|derogatory|medicine|public policy}} An [[elderly]] [[hospitalize]]d 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 [[prolong]]ed while authorities or relatives search for a suitable [[placement]] amid the scarce resources of [[nursing home]]s or other [[long-term]] care facilities. #* '''2006''' March 7, Jacqueline Maley, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/mar/07/health.healthandwellbeing Court evicts NHS 'bed blocker']," ''The Guardian'' (UK) <small>(retrieved 2 Dec 2012)</small>: #*: A 72-year-old "'''bed blocker'''" was yesterday ordered to vacate the hospital bed he has refused to leave for three years, despite being in good health. #* '''2008''' Oct. 10, Eilish O'Regan, "[http://www.independent.ie/health/health-news/plan-aims-to-ease-cost-of-nursing-home-care-1494969.html Plan aims to ease cost of nursing home care]," ''Irish Independent'' <small>(retrieved 2 Dec 2012)</small>: #*: There will also be a fee charged to a "'''bed blocker'''"—someone fit for discharge from an acute hospital but reluctant to go until a nursing home place is provided. #* '''2012''' Feb. 21, "[http://www.globaltoronto.com/ontario+woman+on+crusade+to+demand+hospital+accountability/6442586006/story.html Ontario woman on crusade to demand hospital accountability]," ''Global News Toronto'' (Canada) <small>(retrieved 2 Dec 2012)</small>: #*: Dimitra was slapped with a hospital bill worth $18,238, for taking up an acute car bed for too long. . . . "Maria's mother was desperately ill and needed hospital care and she was treated like a '''bed blocker'''." ====Related terms==== * [[bed blocking]] ===References=== * {{R:OneLook}}
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