By improving dementia diagnosis rates nurses can make a difference to people’s lives
Zena Aldridge Consultant editor, Nursing Older People
The national target of a 66.7% dementia diagnosis rate was set in 2015, rising to 68% by 2019. The effect of COVID-19 and increasing estimated prevalence saw the overall national dementia diagnosis rate decline to 62% of people aged 65 years and over in February 2023 (NHS Digital 2023).
Nursing Older People.
35, 3, 5-5.
doi: 10.7748/nop.35.3.5.s1
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