Swing bed

Bed used for acute or long-term care facilities usually located in small and rural hospitals. A patient in a swing-bed in an acute care setting may be discharged and readmitted to a swing bed and receive skilled or intermediate levels of care. A patient may remain in the swing bed while changes occur in medical care, charges, and payment.

Switching investments

Most insurance companies issuing investment bonds and unitised funds offer a variety of investments linked to property, equity, managed and fixed-interest funds, and sometimes cash or gilt funds. In return for a fee most will permit the holder to switch his investment from one fund to another. As the money remains invested in the same life policy liability to tax does not arise as happens when shares are sold.