Disgraceful. Can nursing homes really charge even when their resident is in the hospital? I'm a support worker in a home for people with learning difficulties and mental health problems. One of our people went into hospital recently and had to stay for a number of night. The hospital had to pay for an agency LD/MH nurse to look after her 24/7 because, as funding for 1:1 support (which she has in the home 24/7) stopped as soon as she went into hospital, the company wouldn't pay for support staff to stay with her. The result? Anarchy in the ward. The resident couldn't understand why she had been left, displayed all of her challenging behaviours (biting/screaming/swearing/breaking things), and had to be sedated many, many times. Didn't matter how much experience the LD/MH nurse had, she didn't have experience with this particular person. Ah, sorry. Off on a tangent there. My original point - They can still charge for a bed when their resident is in hospital? They can charge that much for a bed when treating the resident like that? *fumes*