This book is an edited, multi-contributor volume covering all apsects of the diagnosis and management of dementia. The editors and authors describe memory disorder clinics and deal with the management of patients both in the hospital and community setting.
FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand NewOrganised services for those with memory disorders are growing. This growth is stimulated by an increase in the number of people with memory problems and by an increased appreciation of the complexity of the needs of such patients. Further growth is likely, especially now that we appear to have crossed the threshold of effective treatment for many patients with dementia. With these advances has come the recognition of the necessity for an interdisciplinaryapproach to management. Diagnosis and Management of Dementia: A Manual for Memory Disorders Teams is an edited volume covering all aspects of the operation of a memory disorders team. It is aimed at allthose working in the dementia or memory disorders team, whether in a clinic or a community setting. The book is divided into three sections. Section one takes the reader through the practical details of setting up and organising a clinic, from timetabling, through managing information, to the assessments needed and the opportunities such a service provides. Section two deals with the diagnostic process; and section three addresses management issues, from carer support, pharmacological andphysiological interventions, through managing common problems, to the role of the primary care physician. An Appendix contains the results of a survey to the memory disorder services. This surveyprovides the reader with examples of other services and demonstrates the wide variation in how these services operate. The Manual is unique in that it combines up to date thinking on diagnosis and management with practical and helpful ideas on how to run a dementia or memory disorders service.
Gordon K. Wilcock is at Frenchay Day Hospital, University of Bristol. Romola S. Bucks is at The BRACE Centre, Blackberry Hill Hospital, Bristol.
Lindesay and Morris: IntroductionSection OneBeattie, Bucks and Matthews: Administrative and organisational aspectsAgg: Information managementWilcock and Skoog: Medical assessmentBallard and Eastwood: Psychiatric assessmentJobst, Suarez and Miller: Investigations - laboratory, radiological and neurophysiologicalBucks and Loewenstein: Neuropsychological assessmentWesnes, Hildebrand and Mohr: Computerised cognitive assessmentStevens and Ripich: The role of the speech and language therapistCarswell and Speigel: Functional assessmentMallary, Page and Burns: Assessment in the communityGauthier, Byrne and Byrne: Research potentialSection TwoJones and Ferris: Age-related memory and cognitive declineFeldman and O'Brien: Differentiation of common dementiasPryse-Phillips and Wahlund: Other dementiasSection ThreeGilliard and Rabins: Carer supportForette and Rockwood: Therapeutic interventionWoods and Bird: Non-pharmacological approaches to treatmentO'Neil and Carr: The management of common problemsMarcusson and Sloan: The primary care physician's perspective
'Very useful for those already running clinics, those anticipating setting up cliics and those involved in rationalizing health care sevices for older individuals with cognotive impairment.'"This manual is easy to read, logically presented, well written and contains lots of technical information. I found it informative and could observe some of the suggestions in practice in my own clinic."Signpost Reviews
Organised services for those with memory disorders are growing. This growth is stimulated by an increase in the number of people with memory problems and by an increased appreciation of the complexity of the needs of such patients. Further growth is likely, especially now that we appear to have crossed the threshold of effective treatment for many patients with dementia. With these advances has come the recognition of the necessity for an interdisciplinary
approach to management. Diagnosis and Management of Dementia: A Manual for Memory Disorders Teams is an edited volume covering all aspects of the operation of a memory disorders team. It is aimed at all
those working in the dementia or memory disorders team, whether in a clinic or a community setting. The book is divided into three sections. Section one takes the reader through the practical details of setting up and organising a clinic, from timetabling, through managing information, to the assessments needed and the opportunities such a service provides. Section two deals with the diagnostic process; and section three addresses management issues, from carer support, pharmacological and
physiological interventions, through managing common problems, to the role of the primary care physician. An Appendix contains the results of a survey to the memory disorder services. This survey
provides the reader with examples of other services and demonstrates the wide variation in how these services operate. The Manual is unique in that it combines up to date thinking on diagnosis and management with practical and helpful ideas on how to run a dementia or memory disorders service.
'Very useful for those already running clinics, those anticipating setting up cliics and those involved in rationalizing health care sevices for older individuals with cognotive impairment.'
"This manual is easy to read, logically presented, well written and contains lots of technical information. I found it informative and could observe some of the suggestions in practice in my own clinic."Signpost Reviews
'Very useful for those already running clinics, those anticipating settingup cliics and those involved in rationalizing health care sevices for olderindividuals with cognotive impairment.'
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