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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 Tsubokura
Published 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.
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