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bed blocker
noun[ C ]
UK(alsobed-blocker)uk /ˈbed ˌblɒk.ər/ us /ˈbed ˌblɑː.kɚ/
someone who is using a bed in a hospital although they no longer need hospital treatment, because they do not have anywhere else to go where they can be cared for safely. Some people consider this word offensive: （如出院即无处接受护理的）床位封锁患者
The hospital is currently accommodating 25 bed blockers who are healthy enough to leave.医院里目前有25名健康程度已可出院的床位封锁患者。
Ralph could have ended up in residential care before his time, or as a hospital bed-blocker because there's no one to care for him back home.因为家中无人照料他，拉尔夫可能会提早进入老人院，或成为医院的床位封锁患者。
We are patients, not clients, customers, or bed blockers.
An elderly bed-blocker who has refused to leave hospital for nearly three years despite needing no medical or nursing care has been ordered out by a High Court judge.
Older people, or indeed patients of any age, do not become bed blockers of their own intent.
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