A new study out today has found residents with dementia in aged-care facilities that provide a home-like model of care have a better quality of life and fewer hospitalisations than those living in more standard facilities.
Home-like Setting Is Better For Elderly
Caring for elderly Australians in a home-like setting Source: Kip Malone
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Most older people with dementia want to stay at home as long as they can. When this is no longer possible, they move into residential aged-care facilities, which become their homes.
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