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On February 6, 2003, 87 year-old Harold Scharf* was transferred to the residential care facility in Bothell, Washington. Mr. Scharf had been previously diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimers disease. He was considered a risk for falling. The residential care plan specifically stated that he was to be assisted with two persons while walking or being transferred. On the first day Mr. Scharf was admitted, the staff left him unattended while sitting on the bed. One staff member attempted to move Mr

On February 6, 2003, 87 year-old Harold Scharf* was transferred to the residential care facility in Bothell, Washington. Mr. Scharf had been previously diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimers disease. He was considered a risk for falling. The residential care plan specifically stated that he was to be assisted with two persons while walking or being transferred. On the first day Mr. Scharf was admitted, the staff left him unattended while sitting on the bed. One staff member attempted to m

The true causes of Alzheimer’s disease remain elusive. However, researchers have made progress in understanding the neurological roots of this debilitating condition. The disease is named after Alois Alzheimer, who was the first to identify the peculiar plaques and tangles in the brain, which is characteristic of the illness. Till the final decades of the twentieth century, Alzheimer’s could be diagnosed accurately only by a post-mortem examination. Nowadays, scientists are beginnin