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Caregivers of dementia patients seek support groups

By Liu Zhihua | China Daily | Updated: 2013-10-16 07:07

Caring for someone with dementia can be very stressful for family members, especially in a country where care service is not widely available. Countless family members-turned-caregivers are finding support from each other and cyberspace.

Since her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2005, Cao Guirong, a 56-year-old Beijing resident, has been participating in get-togethers of patient families and medical staff members held by the Peking University Institute of Mental Health.

"The get-togethers are very important to people like us," Cao says.

Caregivers of dementia patients seek support groups

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