The crisis in care for the elderly in one graph.
In the last ten years while the population of the over 75s has expanded (reflecting the slow if sometime halting rise in life expectancy & better medical outcomes for the elderly), so care beds per thousand of the population of over 75s has fallen.
If you're wondering why hospitals have difficulty discharging the elderly into care, this may not be the only factor, but its also hardly insignificant.
#health #NHS #politics
h/t Nuffield Trust
In the last ten years while the population of the over 75s has expanded (reflecting the slow if sometime halting rise in life expectancy & better medical outcomes for the elderly), so care beds per thousand of the population of over 75s has fallen.
If you're wondering why hospitals have difficulty discharging the elderly into care, this may not be the only factor, but its also hardly insignificant.
#health #NHS #politics
h/t Nuffield Trust
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