My 94 year old grandmother was discharged from hospital to her care home, dressed in only a dirty cardigan and pants, even though her bag in her room locker contained plenty of clean clothing. To make matters worse on her arrival to the care home she was incredibly sick and appeared to be in no fit state for discharge. We were also not informed of her discharge from hospital, we were actually on our way to the hospital to visit when the care home contacted us to advise she had just arrived there and were we aware of this. Having seen her the day before in the hospital, still on oxygen and incredibly unwell battling pneumonia, we were shocked to say the least she had been let go of, never mind the fact we had not been notified. My mother has brought this to the attention of the charge nurse on duty at the time via phone, who advised they would investigate what went wrong. But to discharge a frail, very unwell woman like this is simply disgusting.
"Poor Hospital Discharge"
About: Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow / Elderly Medicine (Wards 51, 52, 54,55, 57, 8a & 2a) Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow Elderly Medicine (Wards 51, 52, 54,55, 57, 8a & 2a) Glasgow G51 4TF
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