Environmental changes increase hospital safety for dementia patients.

Debby Goodall

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Environmental changes increase hospital safety for dementia patients.

July 20, 2010

Goodall D. Holist Nurs Pract. 2006;20(2):80-84.

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The author presents several concepts to enhance the environmental safety of cognitively impaired patients.

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