UW-Madison: Researchers identify ways to improve emergency care for people living with dementia

MADISON, Wis. – A new collection of research papers sets out priority areas to better provide emergency care for people living with dementia in the United States. While delirium – which, like dementia, also disrupts attention, cognition and consciousness – has been studied in emergency care, dementia has received less attention. And as the number of individuals with dementia in the U.S. is rapidly...