Special Care Units for Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease: Consumers Beware

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Special care units in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders purport to meet their special needs. Yet, in many states, facilities can market their services without any obligation to demonstrate why or how they are "special."

By Dorothy Siemon, Bruce Vignery, and Laura Gallagher Watkin From September - October 1997