Over-75s 'perpetrators of NHS assaults'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36829120

Over-75s 'perpetrators of NHS assaults'

Patients over the age of 75 are responsible for more than half of physical assaults on NHS staff in hospitals across England, figures show.
NHS Protect, which gathered the data, says the stress and confusion of a hospital stay may explain the findings.

They looked at thousands of incidents, ranging from bites and pinches to the most serious attacks on medical staff.
Over-75s accounted for 57% of violent incidents on wards between 2010 and 2015.

Yet, according to figures from the Health and Social Care information Centre, in the same five-year period, people over 75 made up about 24% of patients being treated by hospital consultants at any one time. This suggests a disproportionate number of incidents on wards involved older people.

About 4% of the assaults involved male and female patients who were over 100 years old.

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[JimC]

I have a future as a grumpy old man. Just look at my sig!

[pErvinalia]

Put 'em down.

[NineBerry]

IS has claimed responsibility

[pErvinalia]

Geriatric terrorists!

[JimC]

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Don't go silently into that night. At 104 I'll still throw a punch if I'm still around.