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New therapy for dementia patients ‘may help them live independently for longer’

Offering a new therapy to dementia patients and their loved ones could potentially help them stay in their own homes for longer, a study suggests.

Experts said that a “family intervention” package could help see dementia patients “living independently for longer”.

The study, published in the journal Lancet Healthy Longevity, saw 204 people with dementia and their family

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