Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital

What is the problem? Dementia in general hospitals Dementia is very common in patients admitted to acute hospitals, affecting one in four patients, with 6% of people living with dementia being inpatients in acute hospitals at any given time [1,2]. Dementia is often unrecognised by doctors and...

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Main Authors: Jackson, Thomas A., Gladman, John R.F., Harwood, Rowan H., MacLullich, Alasdair M.J., Sampson, Elizabeth L., Sheehan, Bart, Davis, Daniel H.J.
Format: Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41424/