bed!

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Have been moved from inpatient to 'day case' (Teilstationär). I suppose that's a German thing, haven't found a proper translation. It means I get to sleep at my parents in a proper bed with a real mattress! and they drive me to the clinic in the morning and pick me up again in the evening; my treatments remain the same.

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We say 'day patient' - which is distinguished from 'outpatient' by the length and frequency of visits:

A day patient is a patient who attends a day hospital on a regular basis.

Notes

1. The emphasis in the definition is on regular attendance. Patients usually attend one or more times each week.
2. Day patients may be distinguished from outpatients and ward attenders in that their attendance at a day hospital usually lasts for at least half a day. This is longer than the period of time normally associated with an outpatient or ward attendance.
3. Where there is no formally established day hospital but patients attend regularly at a ward or other facility on a day basis they should be classed as day patients.

But otherwise YaY for being a day-patient, and having a bed and a mattress and baths and an internet!