Reuters (7/9, Rapaport) reports that patients with dementia “may go to the emergency” department (ED) “more often when their caregivers are depressed,” researchers concluded after observing “663 dementia patients and their family caregivers.” The study revealed that “caregiver depression was associated with a 73% increase in” ED “use among dementia patients.” The findings were published online July 8 in JAMA Neurology.
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— “Caregiver depression tied to more ER visits for dementia patients, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, July 9, 2019