Should dementia sufferers be treated like “medical patients” when they get to the long-term care setting?

What do you think? Should dementia sufferers be treated like “medical patients” when they get to the long-term care setting? Explain why or why not?
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Textbook Innes, A. (2009). Dementia Studies: A Social Science Perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (paperback version)ISBN 978-1-4129-2164-0