Successful Institutional Care for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in a Repopulated Area After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: A Case Report

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2018 Nov 21

PMID 30455934

Citations 2

Authors

Yoshitaka Nishikawa

Hidehito Niimura

Akihiko Ozaki

Yuko Kimura

Tomohiro Morita

Toyoaki Sawano

Hiroaki Saito

Masaharu Tsubokura

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Abstract

Caregiving in a long-term facility played a key role in improvements of this patient's behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, which also led to a reduced caregiver burden on her family members. Considering the global population aging trend, the lesson from this case may apply to other settings beyond disasters.

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