title: The risks of getting hospital discharge wrong.
abstract: Hospital discharge remains a hot topic for all of us who work with older people. As the recent National Audit Office (NAO) 2016 report on discharging older patients from hospital rather bluntly put it: 'There are currently far too many older people in hospitals who do not need to be there.'
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010351:Patient Discharge; D006113:United Kingdom