How to Manage Dementia in General Practice

Nicholas Clarke, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, MD in Neurochemistry 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

About the authors, vii GP 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