Nurse Eveline van Bavel is tasked with finding placement for a growing number of elderly patients who are unable to return home following hospital treatment. These transitions often uncover domestic situations that have been failing in silence; some patients successfully mask their loss of independence for extended periods. One patient, for example, continued to have frozen meals delivered but had ceased heating them. This hidden fragility complicates the discharge process and the search for long-term care solutions.

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