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What's different about a special care unit for dementia patients? A comparative study

Philip Sloan, MD

School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael Kilby, BA

Roy Flood, BS

Segregated units for dementia patients, termed Special Care Units (SCU's) are a growing phenomenon in nursing homes. Advocates claim that these units provide more appropriate care, with improved outcomes, but objective data about such units is rare. This paper reports a study of 13 dementia patients in one SCU and 34 patients in two comparison settings: other wards of the same nursing home and a comparison settings; a separate analysis controlled differences in level of care.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 3, No. 2, 16-23 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/153331758800300212


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