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‘Rekindling couplehood’ using a multisensory suitcase of memories: a pilot study of people living with moderate dementia and their partners

Jane Mullins, Andrea Tales Orcid Logo, Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo, Nicholas Rich Orcid Logo

Ageing and Society, Volume: 43, Issue: 12, Pages: 2875 - 2893

Swansea University Authors: Jane Mullins, Andrea Tales Orcid Logo, Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo, Nicholas Rich Orcid Logo

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Creating individualised activities in partnership with people who have moderate dementia and their partners at home has rarely been achieved, as such interventions are usually pre planned and prepared by researchers or professionals. The academic gap is in the activity design being led by the person...

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