However, I knew an elderly gentleman who had a wife with many problems before she died. They went to the hospital one weekend and she ended up sharing a room with someone who had very loud visitors with very bad language. The woman was very uncomfortable in the situation and her husband really didn't want to leave her there. Ahh, diversity.
Anyway, I think it would be nice to have a quieter place for the elderly; but, since I know how people are now treated in the UK and Obamacare is the same system, I can see this as someplace where the elderly can't even get a drink of water and no one will be aware of it.
A couple of years ago, I had a pacemaker implanted. They kept me in overnight. My roomie was a Haitian pastor, and around dinner time, most of his flock came in for a visit and for two solid hours, they sang hymns. Not speaking a word of Creole, I wasn’t able to join in. Promptly at 2100, the end of visiting hours, they packed up and left.