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“Ladies and gentlemen, please start your engines!”: why you should gamify your cognitive stimulation interventions for dementia patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2021

W. Trapp*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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