Hospitals miss dementia even when already diagnosed

Dementia is being missed by hospital doctors in four in ten cases, research shows. The study by University College London found medical staff are routinely treating patients without realising that they had been diagnosed with dementia. Researchers said the failure to properly record their illness meant vulnerable elderly people were being discharged from hospital with instructions to take crucial medication, without medics realising that they were likely to be suffering from memory problems.
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