Emergency care for people with dementia.
As part of its commitment to improving dementia services, the Scottish Government has published six recommendations for developing care in emergency departments. This article looks at how each of these recommendations can be implemented by emergency nurses to make departments safer places for older people with confusion.
Andrews
June
J
Department of Applied Social Science, Dementia Service Development Centre, University of Stirling.
Christie
Julie
J
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