Mindfulness Can Help People with Early Dementia and Their Caregivers

Mindfulness Can Help People with Early Dementia and Their Caregivers

From the article: "Mindfulness Can Aid Those in Early Dementia and Caregivers" By Rick Nauert PHD. This study shows that caregivers and patients with early dementia both benefit from undergoing mindfulness training together. The authors believe this is important because caregivers often don’t have much time on their own for activities that could relieve their emotional burden. Sadly, caregivers tend to have an increased incidence of anxiety, depression, immune dysfunction, and other health concerns as well as an increased mortality rate, according to prior studies.

For the full article: http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/08/27/mindfulness-can-aid-those-in-early-dementia-and-caregivers

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