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Ageism and Dementia

  • Evans S
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_16
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This chapter explores the relationship between ageism and dementia. Although dementia is not an unavoidable consequence of ageing, increasing age is the biggest risk factor for having this disease. The prevalence of dementia increases exponentially with age and 95%...

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Evans, S. C. (2018). Ageism and Dementia (pp. 263–275). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_16

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