Articles Tagged With: community-based
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Community-Based Organizations Help with Care Coordination for Patients with Dementia
When most people think of the care continuum, they might imagine it as from the hospital to skilled nursing facilities to home, maybe with a primary care provider visit here and there. But that is not all, and case managers can use many more resources than those.
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Coordinating Care for Patients with Dementia Challenges Case Managers
The proportion of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is expected to grow from 1.6% of the U.S. population in 2014 to 3.3% of the population in 2060. Case managers might see patients who have not been diagnosed with dementia forget their medications, or not eating, exercising, or sleeping well. Their family caregivers might say the patient is driving them crazy, but cannot explain any recent behavioral changes.