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Improvement of Communication about Safety Issues in Cognitively Impaired Patients in a General Hospital Clinic Setting

Sheldon M Wolf, Lené Levy-Storms*, Debra Cherry and Norma Guerra

In the United States, Alzheimer’s Disease represents the most common type of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of cases with a prevalence of at least 5 million over the age of 65. Internationally, over 44 million individuals have dementia with predictions that this number will triple by 2050.