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Effective dementia care calls for more than just medication
Understanding the person's needs and responding appropriately is far more likely to improve their quality of life, writes Marg Alexander.
For many people living with dementia, care can become focused on managing symptoms rather than understanding their underlying causes. Too often, distress and behavioural changes are addressed with antipsychotic medications before other approaches are... [3290 chars]
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