Calls for standard dementia care
Person-centred dementia care should be made the standard treatment for sufferers, it has been claimed.
A recent report from Australian scientists published in Lancet Neurology notes that such measures reduce agitation, as well as costing less money than standard practices.
Leading charity Alzheimer’s Research in the UK has lent its support to the latest suggestions.
Professor Clive Ballard, the charity’s director of research, said the trial was "extremely important" and could have a significant impact on clinical practice.
"One third of people with dementia live in a care home. We would like to see all care homes using person-centred care and dementia care mapping; both can be taught quickly, improve quality of life and are cost effective," he remarked.
Recent research published in the journal Radiology revealed an order of regional brain atrophy in patients who were suffering from mild cognitive impairment – a condition which can lead to dementia.
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