title: The forgotten people: survey of the chronic younger sick in Welsh hospitals.
abstract: In a survey of Welsh hospitals, 96 patients were identified who had been continuously resident for between 4 months and 20 years; they were aged between 15 and 65 years on admission. The commonest causes for such admissions were cerebrovascular accidents, trauma and diabetes. Suitable facilities for the long-term care and rehabilitation of such severely disabled young people are very limited in Wales, and in an era when rehabilitation should be possible they have been forgotten.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014852:Wales