| 单词 | granny dumping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgranny dumping granny dumping n. colloquial the abandonment of an elderly person in a public place such as a hospital or nursing home, esp. by a relative who is unable or unwilling to provide or pay for his or her care. ΚΠ 1987 Times 8 Apr. 3/3 Delegates also expressed their concern about ‘granny dumping’... ‘Vulnerable old people are rushed into hospital and regarded as unwanted parcels with no pre-planning for appropriate placing in longer-term care.’ 1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. 12 ‘Granny dumping’ in casualty and acute hospital wards..was a symptom of a ‘crisis in the elderly care services’. 2000 D. Mosler & B. Catley Global Amer. 75 The lack of services for the poor, the mentally ill,..the homeless, and the elderly creates a sense of general alienation. This results in social pathologies such as ‘granny dumping’—leaving infirm people at public hospitals and abandoning them to an uncertain future in the under-funded public health system. 2014 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 10 Jan. 3 The emergency department at Nelson Hospital was not aware of any granny dumping occurring locally. < as lemmas |
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