Some dementia patients present with severe behavioural symptoms, requiring specialist care. But New Zealand has a severe shortage of psychiatric beds for older adults.
- Senior Lecturer in Medicine and ethics, University of Otago Wellington, University of Otago
Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for hospitals in New Zealand. But this breaches best practice for healthcare and infection control protocols, as well as the rights of vulnerable patients.
Many patients prefer single-gender hospital rooms. For women, this preference often comes from fear, while male patients are concerned with dignity.
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