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Living with Dementia: Social relational perspective to sustainable care

The rapidly growing number of people with dementia has created an urgent need for developing socially sustainable care. Sustainability entails the availability of sufficient health and social care services, safety, opportunities for social participation and agency regarding one’s personal life and care services (Littig & Giessler 2005). These principles must apply to persons living with dementia and, at the same time, to the vast number of their informal carers, who play a significant role in providing care.

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