Senior Housing News July 17, 2024
Memory care operators and health systems can better collaborate to improve dementia care while demonstrating value through cost savings and improved outcomes.
That’s according to Dr. John Sawyer, who is the co-director at the Center for Brain Health of Ochsner Health. Sawyer envisions a future where memory care operators and health systems can mutually benefit by offering more in-depth support to caregivers and better dementia care to patients.
But as it stands, the senior living and health care industries have quite a challenge ahead.
“The main model under which specialists have been trained is ‘diagnose and adios,’ where you give someone with dementia a diagnosis and refer them to the Alzheimer’s Association website, basically wishing them good luck,” Sawyer said...
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