Tuesday 14 October 2014

New measures to identify dementia in older patients

NEW measures are being put into place to ensure older patients admitted to hospital in Worcestershire are assessed to determine whether or not they have dementia as quickly as possible.

According to rules agreed with other health organisations in the county any patients aged 75 and older admitted to Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital or Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital must be assessed for dementia within 72 hours.

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