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Implementing adaptive technologies in dementia care: local solutions for a global problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2020

Hannah L. Heintz
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478USA
Ipsit V. Vahia
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115USA Email: ivahia@partners.org

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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