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    • Increasingly, patients are discharged from hospitals earlier than in the past.
    • Patients are now expected to recover at home, awaiting hospital bed availability during emergencies.
    • This shift creates a gap in essential daily living support for recovering individuals.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To identify the responsible party for providing basic daily care to patients recovering at home.
    • To clarify the roles and responsibilities concerning essential services like bedpan emptying and daily bed-making for discharged patients.
    • To address the ambiguity surrounding care provision in sheltered accommodations versus nursing homes.

    Main Methods:

    • Qualitative analysis of current healthcare discharge policies.
    • Review of existing home care service frameworks.
    • Examination of the operational definitions and limitations of sheltered accommodations and home help services.

    Main Results:

    • Sheltered accommodations are not equipped or staffed to provide nursing care.
    • Warden responsibilities in sheltered accommodations do not include direct patient care tasks.
    • Existing home help services may not be sufficient or consistently available to cover all basic care needs.

    Conclusions:

    • There is a significant gap in the provision of basic daily care for patients discharged to home environments.
    • Current models of sheltered accommodation and home help are inadequate to meet the needs of early-discharge patients.
    • Policy clarification and potential new service models are required to ensure continuous patient care and support.