Woods, RT; Bruce, E; Edwards, RT; Hounsome, B; Keady, J; Moniz-Cook, ED; Orrell, M; Woods, RT; Bruce, E; Edwards, RT; Hounsome, B; Keady, J; Moniz-Cook, ED; Orrell, M; Russell, IT; - view fewer (2009) Reminiscence groups for people with dementia and their family carers: pragmatic eight-centre randomised trial of joint reminiscence and maintenance versus usual treatment: a protocol. Trials , 10 , Article 64. 10.1186/1745-6215-10-64.

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The growing number of people with dementia, and the increasing cost of care, provides a major incentive to develop and test methods of supporting them in the community for longer. Most attention has been given to pharmacological interventions, but there is increasing recognition that psychosocial interventions may be equally effective, even preferable where medication has negative side-effects. Reminiscence groups, run by professionals and volunteers, which use photographs, recordings and other objects to trigger personal memories are probably the most popular therapeutic approach to working with people with dementia, but there is little evidence for their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. The recent inclusion of family carers in groups with people with dementia, notably in our own pilot studies, has generated informal evidence that this joint approach improves relationships between people with dementia and their carers, and benefits both.

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