Telegraph.co.uk | Withdrawing dementia drug doubles risk of moving to a nursing home Alzheimer's Society A new study from The Lancet Neurology (Tuesday 27 October) suggests that withdrawing a commonly-prescribed Alzheimer's disease drug from people in the advanced stages of dementia doubles their risk of moving to a nursing home within a year. Six pence drug could keep Alzheimer's patients out of care homes Alzheimer's drug may keep late-stage sufferers out of nursing homes Donepezil saves dementia sufferers from going into care |