Elderly people with dementia living with a carer are at significantly higher risk of abuse than the general population over 65. This review looks at the limitations of the research to date and discusses risk factors in both carers and patients that predispose them to abuse. Management strategies are
Alzheimer's disease and anesthesia: Out of body, out of mind…or not?
✍ Scribed by R. Adron Harris; Edmond I. Eger II
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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