Working-age people living with dementia experience inadequate guidance and counselling

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The right of working-age people living with dementia to receive adequate and timely guidance and counseling is not realized properly, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Study participants highlighted shortcomings in the continuity of guidance and counseling, as well as in equal access to guidance and counseling services. The study was published in Ageing & Society.

The study constitutes part of a multidisciplinary project exploring the experiences, life situations and realization of the rights of people with working-age or mild cognitive impairment. Combining the perspectives of social psychology…

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