SPECIAL CARE UNITS FOR ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS: THEIR ROLE IN THE NURSING HOME MARKET
The Special Care Unit (SCU) is a new, rapidly proliferating mode of caring for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Approximately 10% of nursing homes within the U.S. have SCUs with the number expected to grow substantially in coming years. SCUs are largely unregulated and not uncontroversial....
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