Today, Community Care reports that the Alzheimer’s Society has called for patients with dementia to be discharged earlier from hospitals as this would save a significant amount of money. They conducted a survey of 1300 carers of people with dementia, about 650 nurses and 500 nurse/ward managers to find that 86% of managers said people [...]
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