Dementia Diagnosis and Management in Primary Care
Authors:
- Jane WilcockJWJane Wilcock
- Kate WaltersKWKate Walters
- Stephen TurnerSTStephen Turner
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Dementia
- Vol. 1 (1) , 11-23
Abstract
Dementia presents a challenge for primary care and the advent of new therapeutic options has highlighted the need to improve its detection so that early decisions about medication use can be made. Efforts at earlier diagnosis should be targeted at primary care as the gateway to specialist health and social services. There is, however, evidence that dementia remains under-detected and sub-optimally managed in general practice throughout the world. This article reviews the obstacles to early recognition of dementia and the factors causing sub-optimal management in the community, and discusses educational approaches to enhancing professional skills in the recognition of and response to dementia. Three educational interventions with different characteristics and methods of delivery are described.Keywords
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