Hospital design for older people with cognitive impairment including dementia and delirium: supporting inpatients and accompanying persons
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Appropriate care for older people with cognitive impairment in hospital.
More than half of the patients in adult hospitals are over 65 years of age. Although not a normal part of ageing, many older people will present to hospital with cognitive impairment (dementia or delirium) along with other complex comorbidities. Older people, and particularly those with dementia, are also at increased risk of developing delirium during their hospital stay. Delirium has serious ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013482