Training in dementia care
Petra Alberto Emergency department staff nurse, Charing Cross Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
THE RISING number of people with dementia is making more and more demands on the country’s healthcare budget, with the cost of caring for this patient group to the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland being about £23 billion a year (Alzheimer’s Society 2012).
Emergency Nurse.
22, 6, 11-11.
doi: 10.7748/en.22.6.11.s14
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