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Cognitive Therapy for Dementia Patients: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Carme Carrión,
Frans Folkvord,
Dimitra Anastasiadou,
Marta Aymerich
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000490851
Subject(s) - dementia , psychology , cognition , alzheimer's disease , cognitive disorder , medicine , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , disease
Cognitive therapy is a well-established intervention for treating elderly suffering from dementia. In particular, reality orientation and skills training seem to be effective interventions for reversing cognitive impairment among elderly, although findings are inconclusive. Therefore, a systematic update of the existing evidence of cognitive therapy for people suffering from dementia is needed.

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