Dementia patients face burdensome transitions in last 90 days
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Health-care transitions, such as moves from the nursing home to the hospital, can result in medical errors, lack of care coordination, and for persons with advanced dementia -- emotional distress and agitation. A new study finds that although such transitions are not consistent with goals of providing dying patients with comfort, a fifth of them experience at least one during their last three months.