How do Chile and the UK approach post-hospitalisation care for elderly patients?
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https://doi.org/10.52611/confluencia.2024.1165Keywords:
Demographic aging, Rehabilitation, Discharge planningAbstract
An aging population is a common trend across the globe and as such it is important to consider how our healthcare systems are adapting to respond to this change. This article considers post-hospitalisation care for the elderly populations in Chile and the United Kingdom. It looks at how the United Kingdom’s focus on community support differs from Chile’s focus on rehabilitation services, and comments on areas such as funding and accessibility, integration of services, use of technology, and community support. Each country faces a variety of challenges and opportunities, and an understanding of which, could be beneficial to future health care professionals, providing us with a better insight into the populations we will be treating and the roles which we will be stepping into after graduation.
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