Navigating barriers to dementia specialty care among vulnerable populations: Insight from a multidiscipline care navigation team

The emergency department evaluates many patients with undiagnosed cognitive impairment and presents an opportune setting to facilitate early detection and referral to memory care specialists. We evaluated a novel care navigation pathway that facilitated referrals of ethnoculturally diverse individuals with suspected cognitive impairment from geriatric professionals embedded in the emergency department to dementia specialist care.

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