This practical guide clearly shows each stage in the management of a patient with dementia. It covers the complex issues surrounding dementia such as spouses and families, access to appropriate care, legal and ethical concerns, planning for the future and ‘living well’ and includes the decision making process on initiating treatment and guidance on how best to access the available services.
€30.99
Table of Content
About the authors, viiGP’s Foreword by Dr Neil Arnott, ix
Neuroscience Foreword by Professor Paul Francis, xi
Acknowledgement, xiv
Introduction, 1
Chapter 1 Diagnosing dementia in general practice, 4
Chapter 2 Complex pictures of dementia, 25
Chapter 3 Initiating, monitoring and adjusting dementia
treatments, 41
Chapter 4 Emergency management of dementia, 53
Chapter 5 Managing families, 72
Chapter 6 Using the multidisciplinary team, 86
Chapter 7 Capacity, consent and deprivation of liberty, 100
Chapter 8 Choosing a residential home, 115
Chapter 9 Research, developments and media coverage, 122
Chapter 10 GP questions answered, 133
Appendix Recommended further reading, 142
Index, 145
About the author
Nicholas Clarke, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, MD inNeurochemistry and Visiting Research Fellow at King’s
College, London, UK
Farine Clarke, General Practitioner, Former Deputy Editor
of Pulse Newspaper and Editor and Editorial Director of GP
newspaper, UK
Denzil Edwards, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Kent
and Medway NHS Trust, UK
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 168 ● ISBN 9781118352311 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2013 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2704224 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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