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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Term "Bed Blockers" Called Insulting To Seniors

The term bed blockers to describe those seniors who find themselves in hospital beds when they should be in nursing homes if the space were available is being denounced.

Micheal Keating is Executive-Director of the Provincial Association of Nursing Homes calls it unfair and points out no one describes the children in pediatrics bed blockers but it's almost as if old people aren't allowed to be sick.

 Keating says nursing homes could be built in such a way they would be able to be converted down the road to another use.