This article from The Baltimore Sun informs us about the rise of assaults among the elderly population who suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

In most cases, confrontations are sudden and come without warning, as appears to be the case at Harmony Hall, experts said.

“My belief is that in most instances, it’s unprovoked,” said Dr. Peter Rabins, a psychiatry professor at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and authority on dementia. “Something that is nonthreatening is perceived as threatening.”

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