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" People with Alzheimer's disease experience an acceleration in the rate of cognitive decline after being placed in a nursing home according to a new study by the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center. The study, published in the June issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, finds that prior experience in adult day care may lessen this association."
Nursing Home Placement Associated With Accelerated Cognitive Decline In Alzheimer's Disease
Seeded on Sun Jun 6, 2010 11:27 AM EDT
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An older article but it seems relevant. I still have Mom at home and it did seem to help her a bit in the beginning being in familiar surroundings.
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