Spotting Pain in Dementia Patients—Even When Words Are Gone | Breakthroughs Can’t Wait
When dementia takes away a person’s ability to speak, pain often goes unnoticed and untreated.University of Maryland, Baltimore research aims to change that. By developing new methods to detect discomfort in non-verbal patients, we can improve quality of life and provide more compassionate care.Supported by the National Institute on Aging.
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