Elderly people with dementia are too readily written off by relatives and carers, research suggests.
A study of care home residents found staff and families were overly-pessimistic about the types of activities that relations and patients were capable off.
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Just as the words “make a wish” come out of my mouth, Lila* walks into the living room with the cutest kitten I’ve ever seen cradled in her arms.
“Oh my goodness! Speaking of kittens, look Mom!”
“Here’s a real live one,” Shirley joins in.
“Would you like to hold the kitten Patti?” Lila offers.
A man who thought his wife no longer loved him has revealed his heartbreak after she was diagnosed with dementia aged just 42.
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