Advanced dementia patients often need a BRO

(Source – news.va.gov)

Alzheimer’s. Dementia. These diagnoses rip the chord of safety and certainty in patients, families and caregivers at an estimated rate of 6.5 million Americans age 65 and older in 2022 and an estimated 168,600 VA patients in 2021. It’s a diagnosis projected to increase to 12.7 million Americans by 2050 and 217,400 VA patients in the next decade alone. Continue reading here…

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