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Company contentBehavioural symptoms of dementia
“Dementia” is the name given to the sorts of behaviours and difficulties that a person might have when they have one of the diseases that affect the brain and stop it working as well as it used to. The commonest of these is Alzheimer’s disease.
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Company contentFive coping strategies for carers
On the first Friday of every month, I go along to my local Dementia Carers Support Group. I am a nurse and a professor of dementia studies, so I have nursed people with dementia in a wide range of settings for decades and have managed services.
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Company contentFamily Dynamics and Dementia
Every year there is new research about the effect of dementia on family carers, including the cost of caring and damage to the health of the carer. However, one aspect of dementia that is rarely discussed is the effect on family relationships.
