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, UKFarine Clarke, General Practitioner, Former Deputy Editor of Pulse Newspaper and Editor and Editorial Director of GP newspaper, UKDenzil Edwards, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Kent and Medway NHS Trust, UK

• About the authors, viiGP’s Foreword by Dr Neil Arnott, ixNeuroscience Foreword by Professor Paul Francis, xiAcknowledgement, xivIntroduction, 1Chapter 1 Diagnosing dementia in general practice, 4Chapter 2 Complex pictures of dementia, 25Chapter 3 Initiating, monitoring and adjusting dementia treatments, 41Chapter 4 Emergency management of dementia, 53Chapter 5 Managing families, 72Chapter 6 Using the multidisciplinary team, 86Chapter 7 Capacity, consent and deprivation of liberty, 100Chapter 8 Choosing a residential home, 115Chapter 9 Research, developments and media coverage, 122Chapter 10 GP questions answered, 133Appendix Recommended further reading, 142Index, 145