Pain affects people with dementia as much as it does anyone else

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Pain affects people with dementia as much as it does anyone else

Ngaire Kerse

Ngaire Kerse

Stone in running shoe
Students learn by putting a stone in their shoe and walking around for a few minutes

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ELDER HEALTH People with dementia are often less able to identify, define and report the pain they feel, so it takes extra attention to make sure t