Successful institutional care for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a repopulated area after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: A case report.
Yoshitaka NishikawaHidehito NiimuraAkihiko OzakiYuko KimuraTomohiro MoritaToyoaki SawanoHiroaki SaitoMasaharu TsubokuraPublished in: Clinical case reports (2018)
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.