Dementia Patients Less Likely to Return Home Post-Stroke

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that dementia patients who have a stroke are less likely to return to their homes post-hospitalization.

The researchers followed 9,304 people who had strokes over the course of a five-year period. Of those, 702 had been diagnosed with dementia when they experienced the strokes. Only 24 percent of that group were discharged to the home they lived in prior to their strokes.

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