[Gordan Bennett]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Couldn't that be normal in someone who was run down following an illness/injury/surgery though?

Yeah.

The trauma of having to go into hospital has some impact on an already weakened immune system.

More chance of bed sores and ulcerations. Bruises could range from rough handling to something like finding a vain.

Sometimes patients can come out of hospital and look fantastic, but the hospital won't bother to keep field staff in sync with any creams/topical used.

I came to a care call once from a bloke who'd been returned from hospital to find him sat in his wheelchair. He's bed bound and DNs request to have limited time in wheelchair due to bed sores; therefore the wheelchair is only used for transfers. They hadn't even bothered to put him back into bed. I think he'd been sat in his wheelchair for two hours.