ABSTRACT
Proper means of admittance to hospital, proper diagnosis, proper treatment, e.g., physiotherapy, etc., including occupational therapy, in short, every chance of rehabilitation. If they then have to be classed as chronic sick and remain in hospital the wards must be made as homely as possible with every opportunity for contact with the outside world, i.e., frequent visiting hours, etc. PRESENT POSITION:
It is perhaps this category of old people who are most neglected today. First, it is extremely difficult to get an old person a bed in hospital and many old people urgently in need of medical care are unable to reach hospital at all.
