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Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran
Assistant Director & Consultant Psychiatrist, Dementia Care in SCARF (DEMCARES)
Schizophrenia Research Foundation (India) – SCARF, Chennai, India
I am a clinician with interest in applied research in dementia in low and middle-income country settings. I run a clinic for elderly with mental illnesses including dementia in SCARF hospital, Chennai.
Current research: implementing cognitive stimulation therapy for dementia in India, implementing psycho-social interventions for dementia in rural communities in India, adapting interventions for caregivers of persons with dementia in India, testing the feasibility of using hybrid-face robots in engaging persons with dementia in India.
Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran is a contributor to the following academies