Elderly decorated WW 2 veteran awaiting scan in Ludgate House Assessment Service contracts an infection this week and 48 hours into arriving in Forth Valley Hospital is evicted from Ludgate House.
Immediate family not involved in decision making and do not want to make a fuss but are distraught. He is responding to treatment but nowhere now to go back to, somewhere new creates confusion and he will now be in an expensive acute bed consuming more resources getting more confused.
This is an individual, family and resource/health social care tragedy.
"Communication and short termism in older peoples services in Forth Valley"
About: Forth Valley Royal Hospital / Elderly medicine Forth Valley Royal Hospital Elderly medicine FK5 4WR Ludgate House Resource Centre Ludgate House Resource Centre Alloa FK10 2AD
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