As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared

AP News – Tuesday, April 15, 2025
By Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp

One in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours, according to an Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis. Fifty percent of the patients who were boarded for any length of time were 65 and older, the analysis showed.

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