Primary care and dementia / Steve Iliffe and Vari Drennan ; foreword by Murna Downs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iliffe, Steve.

Contributor:

Drennan, Vari.

Series:

Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides.

Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Services for.

Dementia.

Primary care (Medicine).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This practice and training guide is written with the needs of health and social care professionals working with people with dementia in mind. The book is illustrated with case studies and includes a chapter on understanding and responding to the needs of the carer - such as access to information and support - and the effect on their own health.

Contents:

Intro

Primary Care and Dementia

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

Foreword

Preface

1 The Clinical Features of Dementia

2 Confirming and Conveying the Diagnosis

3 The Pathway of Dementia

4 Carers of People with Dementia

5 Caring for People as the Dementia Progresses

6 Good Practice and Service Development

References

Subject Index

Name Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781846422829

1846422825

9781417505210

1417505214

OCLC:

567905501