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flag 84-year-old dementia patient trapped in hospital ward for two months due to lack of aged care beds.

flag Lynette Bishop, an 84-year-old woman with dementia, has been trapped in a Wollongong hospital ward for over two months despite recovering from an infection. flag She cannot return to her public housing unit due to safety concerns and lacks suitable aged care placement, leaving her in a general medical ward. flag Her son, Rik Mastro, says her health has rapidly deteriorated due to the unsuitable environment, highlighting a broader crisis where hundreds of older patients are "stranded" in hospitals due to a critical shortage of aged care beds.

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