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Who Makes Decisions for Dementia Patients? Find Out

Patient engagement gets trickier when dementia is involved. Here’s what to do. For patients with dementia, deciding who makes a medical decision can be more difficult than the actual decision. As the dementia progresses, determining a patient’s capacity becomes increasingly difficult. As rates of dementia in the population increase, administrators and clinicians alike must understand who gets to make important [...]
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