(Source: Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog) – A new study compared long-term hospitalization risks of seniors with dementia and those without dementia. Results of the investigation indicated that, over an 8-year period, persons with dementia had a much higher risk of requiring hospitalization. Among the explanations was that the underlying conditions which give rise to dementia risk might also lead to a range of other consequences which ultimately require medical care in the hospital. The researchers also mentioned that dementia [...]
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