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....who are bed blocking.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ilies.html

You cannot believe families, will not take responsibility for their parents. What is the world coming to.

There are disgusting

With the current climate of bad press people are reluctant to place their elderly relative in care/nursing homes, I know some peoples excuses are pathetic as to why they are bed blocking, they have been speaking about it on radio this lunchtime.
I remember when my late mum was in hospital bed blocking because she needed more care and needed nursing care and her care home wouldn't take her back because of that, I bring her home in my place it was to small and I was caring for my daughter in her own home at the time, the best of it is hospital social worker was supposed to find a nursing home for mum, they didn't get round to it, they asked me to find one in the end which I did, it took me only 24 hours to find one.
there is not enough help for people to find their loved ones suitable care/nursing homes, it's now DIY

I can understand their reluctance re nursing homes with all the bad press they receive, but we could learn a lot form our ethnic minorities who look after and revere their elderly on the whole