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General Slang
walkers
· noun · medical
Cruel hospital shorthand for bedridden elderly dementia patients.
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Ironic — and openly nasty — staff slang for elderly dementia patients with no quality of life, often bed-bound and the opposite of walking. The 'joke' is the gap between the name and the reality. Sits in the same drawer of vocabulary as 'gomer' and 'dyscopia' and gets the same ethics-journal treatment: discouraged, but still in the staff-room.
“Bay 4 is all walkers tonight — nobody's making it home.”
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walkers In A Sentence
Bay 4 is all walkers tonight — nobody's making it home.
Origin & Usage
American hospital slang, documented in derogatory-slang reviews of clinical culture.
People Also Ask
What does walkers mean as hospital slang?
Walkers is cruel hospital shorthand for bedridden elderly dementia patients. It's dark, informal jargon used among some staff.
Is walkers offensive?
Yes, it's described as cruel shorthand and is a callous, dehumanizing term for vulnerable patients, so it's offensive.
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