Wednesday 15 July 2009

Dementia and the Closeness of Caregivers

Researchers from Utah State University and John Hopkins University have collaborated and conducted a study which appears to demonstrate that a close relationship between a dementia suffer and their caregiver can impede the acceleration of the disease.
The study which started in 2002 with 167 Alzheimer's sufferers will be published in the September edition of
The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.

Read the Medical News Today article in depth

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