Alzheimer’s Special Care Units
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As the elderly population in the United States of America continues to grow so rapidly, so will the incidence of the dreaded Alzheimer’s Disease. The 1992 United States census stated that at that time there were 33.9 million Americans over the age of 65, some 13% of the population. It is estim ....
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.... nursing homes are beginning to respond to this growing issue by developing distinct units, innovative in their design and operations. These new units are dementia special care units and are necessary to the treatment and well being of a resident with Alzheimer’s disease or a related forms of dementia.
In order to understand what benefits a person will receive from a special care unit, we must first examine what dementia is. When most people think of Alzheimer’s disease and related d ....
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