
Dementia: Listening to our bodies, 72 unique behaviours, multi-dimensional personhood, and the sacramental ministry of touch
Matters of Life and Death
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The Importance of Telemedicine in Dementia Care
telemedicine was often kind of accelerated by the pandemic and there's a lot of research and hope that we can save lots of money by moving lots of consultations online. Sadly care of the elderly and dementia care psychogeriatrics all these thingsthese are Cinderella areas of care which have been starved of resources because they're not thought of as high-priority, she says. The public purse gets larger and larger it is going to be a massive challenge how we fund any of this kind of care let alone expand itYeah I do think a lot of it is about priorities and i guess linked with that is prioritizing the care and well-being of informal carers families friends
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