Amrit Dhaliwal, chief executive of home care provider Walfinch, discusses what carers need to know in order to answer questions about dementia therapies and the promising drug treatments on the horizon
Many people affected by dementia — and their families — are asking questions about new drugs designed to treat the condition. What should carers say?
New drugs are great news, but medication is only part of the answer. Therapies delivered by carers are still a huge part of dementia treatment. Carers can help spread knowledge about them, and the positive results that they can bring.
There is a tendency among the general public to think that the only role for science in treating dementia is creating medications — but that is not true. Many dementia therapies delivered by carers are not just aimed at making people living with dementia happier, but are backed by scientific research, proving that they deliver beneficial results.
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