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Unsafe and unethical: bed shortages mean dementia patients with psychiatric symptoms are admitted to medical wards

By Cindy Towns, Senior Lecturer in General Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Otago

Some dementia patients present with severe behavioural symptoms, requiring specialist care. But New Zealand has a severe shortage of psychiatric beds for older adults.

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