Assisted Living Residents With Dementia Prone To Abusing Others, Study Finds

(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News)

Assisted living residents who abuse other residents or staff are likely to have dementia or severe mental illness, afflictions that pose unappreciated risks in facilities occupied by vulnerable elderly adults, a new study reported. Continue reading article here….

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