Reluctant caregivers want the hospital to find a ‘safe discharge’ that doesn’t include them. I recently wrote “Hospitals are not going to do all the work to decide on the ‘best’ alternative. There are many care options, and they vary depending the number of facilities of different types in the area, the finances available, and the health issues involved. Not to mention the preferences of the patient and the family. That’s probably why Hospital social workers do their best to send the patient home to family”.
But what about homeless people who are injured under a bridge and taken to hospital by the police. Where do they go on discharge? What is the a fall-back option for them? Would it apply to those whose family refuse to accept an ‘unsafe discharge’?