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Volume 14, Issue 1
3 March 2010
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Review Article| March 03 2010

Treating the person, not dementia

Clare Leonard
Clare Leonard
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8790
Print ISSN: 1366-3666
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2010
Working with Older People (2010) 14 (1): 16–18.
https://doi.org/10.5042/wwop.2010.0073

Dementia not only affects the brain, but the body too; both extremes of reduced mobility and wandering can lead to a loss of independence for an individual. Whichever one a person experiences, says Clare Leonard, facilitating movement and encouraging exercise should be a priority.

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