Peer support and reminiscence therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: A factorial pragmatic randomised trial (Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2016, 87(11) p. 1218-1228)

The objective of this study was to evaluate peer support and reminiscence therapy, separately and together, in comparison with usual care for people with dementia and their family carers. Factorial pragmatic randomised trial, analysed by treatment allocated, was used for this study. The trial ran in Community settings in England.It concluded that there is no evidence from the trial that either peer support or reminiscence is effective in improving the quality of life.

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