Optimising primary care for people with dementia.
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This review considers key areas in primary care regarding the diagnosis of dementia. Issues surrounding assessment, policy and incentives are considered. In addition, the relevance of non-medication approaches for dementia in primary care, which aim to enhance or maintain quality of life by maximising psychological and social function in the context of existing disabilities, is deliberated. Finally, key issues about primary care medication management are considered, and relevant therapeutic strategies with recommendation for a collaborative approach that improve outcomes by linking primary and secondary healthcare services - including general practice and pharmacy - with social care needs are weighed up. A key aspect of such a collaborative approach is to support informal carers in optimising medication.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Chris Fox, Ian Maidment, Esme Moniz-Cook, Jacquie White, Jochen René Thyrian, John Young, Cornelius Katona, Carolyn A Chew-Graham
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W66648339