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The importance of touch for the patient with dementia.

Lynn Roberson1.   

Abstract

Massage has many benefits including general relaxation and increased circulation. Many experience pain relief from massage and may need less medication. This article describes how nurses and families can learn to provide touch therapy to patients with varying stages of dementia.

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Year:  2003        PMID： 12544457     DOI： 10.1097/00004045-200301000-00004

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Home Healthc Nurse        ISSN： 0884-741X


  3 in total

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