Mrs Pinker~* is ready for discharge, but her sons, George and Paul, think she should be admitted to a residential home rather than return home. Mrs Pinker lives alone and every 3 or 4 weeks she wakes up in the middle of the night, becomes anxious and calls 999. An ambulance is dispatched and Mrs Pinker is usually taken to accident and emergency. 'Mum is 86 now and she does get anxious when she wakes up at night. This can't go on,' Paul explains. 'So,' George continues, 'she needs someone to comfort her and tell her she's all right when she wakes up at niaht.'
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