What is the world coming to?

fritherdog

I did ask what “medically optimised” meant and was told that s
Her medical condition was optimised!

A good reply to that would have been: "So does that mean that you don't know either?"

The whole thing sounds very 1984 to me.

I’d have to say I’m sorry but can you repeat that in plain English because I don’t understand medical jargon so I have no idea wht you are taking about.
Glad your mum is OK

Very frustrating. The last thing you need at a time like that is people speaking incomprehensible jargon.

Discharge navigator? Who on earth thought that one up.

couldn't it mean optimised either way though?!

I am glad she is on her way home

And thank you, Mum is on her way back home, to people who love and know her and don’t speak in gobbledygook!

I did ask what “medically optimised” meant and was told that s
Her medical condition was optimised!

I don't even know what it means

I think I'd ask what they mean, e.g. "What does medically optimised mean in every day English, please?"

It's just as well you were there with your mum. How is someone with Alzheimer's meant to cope with phraseology like that?

Medically optimised, indeed. I hope your mum is ok, optimised or not, and that she recovers fully from her fall.

Awful isn't it. I hated all of that when I was working as a nurse. Patients and their loved ones deserve to be given up to date and coherent information.

Being Medically Optimised sounds painful.

Why not say that the patient is ready to go home! Absolute gobbledegook.
Where is The Campaign for Plain English when you need them?

There have been other discussions on GN about how the world is going mad and, quite frankly, your post confirms it. For goodness sake can't we just go back to a time when common sense prevailed. Discharge Navigator? For heavens sake!