#EndPJparalysis Australia

#EndPJparalysis has become a global social movement supported by nurses, therapists and doctors alike to encourage patients to get up, dressed and mobilising while in hospital. Having patients in day clothes not pyjamas (PJs) or gowns adds to enhanced dignity, autonomy and experience as well as shortening length of stay for patients, many of whom may be in their last 1000 days. For patients over the age of 80, a week in bed can lead to 10 years of muscle ageing, 1.5 kg of muscle loss and many other problems related to so-called deconditioning and it affects people at all ages, particularly older people.