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Caring for dementia care-givers – a novel approach

NR Times meets Sara Masoud, programme leader of a groundbreaking dementia carers initiative that recognises the importance of culture, community and research representation.

As a teenager living in Southern Texas, Sara Masoud found herself caring for her elderly grandfather as he began to develop signs of dementia. Her family knew nothing of the condition. “We operated from a place of love and compassion, but we had no idea what dementia was,” Masoud tells NR Times. But that experience has helped to shape her current role as programme director of the Caring for the Caregivers project at the University of Texas Health Science Centre. Read on to find out how the programme is pioneering a new approach based on community engagement, understanding of cultural barriers and a mission to for research trial inclusion.
By |2024-01-12T21:37:06+00:0020 April 2023|Dementia|
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