Too many elderly patients 'stuck' in hospital beds: official

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New Brunswick could help more elderly people find long-term care beds if it moved them out of hospitals faster, says the president of the province’s special care home association. Jan Seely is frustrated that close to 1,000 seniors are waiting for a nursing home bed in the province, with more than half - 523, according to the latest figures at the end of August - in hospital, too infirm to be discharged back to their own homes. And that’s why she’s waiting with anticipation for a major report on