You have a simple role if you are working in a hospital setting in the UK. You have to get the person out of the hospital as soon and as safe as possible. Your options are simple and few and you must decide as to which option is fastest and safest in getting the person out of the hospital.
Here are your options: You have to aim either discharge home, rehab facility, step down bed, residential or nursing home, home with support, home with intermediate care, home with reablement services, home with care package, home with family support.
In terms of Clinical reasoning, the facet that will dictate your judgement and options is the pragmatic aspects of the situation and hospital/NHS's general rule of getting people out ASAP tends to pull a lot of weight in your decision making.
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