bedrel

The act of bed rotting; the state or condition of one who rots in bed.

(chiefly, UK, idiomatic, derogatory, medicine, public policy) An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.

To lie in bed without engaging in activities, especially as a form of self-care (either adaptive or maladaptive).

(transitive, UK, _, dialectal) To stupefy with pain or grief.