Emergency Care Tips for People with Dementia

How many older adults visit emergency departments annually? 1:00

Why are adults with dementia twice as likely to seek emergency care compared to older adults who don't have dementia? 2:19

What are some of the difficulties that people with dementia may experience when they're in the emergency department? 5:10

Is there training for emergency department physicians to modify how they approach people with dementia? 7:22

Do you have any recommendations to offer that would improve the visit in the emergency department for people with dementia? 9:02

What is your team of researchers studying? 13:42

What kind of resources do these types of centers bring to your research or research like this? 15:45

What do you hope to accomplish with the funding that you've now received? 17:42

Why is it important to study and create these resources in emergency departments across the country? 19:24

Is there a day or a time that would be better for a person to go in? 20:29