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Telehealth offers after-hours dementia care

Filed under: geriatric counseling

“Individuals with dementia are twice as likely to visit emergency rooms and if admitted are much more likely to be stuck in hospital, blocking beds while awaiting long term care,” said Dr. William B. Dalziel, professor of geriatric medicine at the …
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Nevada struggles with cost of aging inmates

Filed under: geriatric counseling

The department's answer, at this point, is True Grit, a program that manager Mary Harrison calls "a comprehensive, structured living program for geriatric prisoners." She said True Grit has expanded dramatically in recent years. … Their programs …
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