Chapter 24 – Understanding the Person with Dementia
Abstract This chapter considers the notion of personhood and shows how it offers a robust conceptual underpinning to person-centred care. We use a fictitious case vignette to clarify the nature…
Chapter 23 – Residence Capacity
Abstract Residence capacity can be defined as the capacity someone requires to decide where to live. Its assessment is important in a variety of mental disorders. In this chapter we…
Chapter 22 – Deprivation of Liberty
Abstract Historically ‘deprivation of liberty’ has been an elusive and ill-defined concept in health and social care settings. The words themselves are derived from Article 5 of the European Convention…
Chapter 21 – Mental Health Laws from All UK Jurisdictions
Abstract Mental health law in the UK operates within three legal jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each jurisdiction has its own distinct laws governing the care and…
Chapter 19 – Reducing the Healthcare Burden of Delirium
Abstract Delirium is recognized as a key healthcare target for our increasingly aged society. Improved management of delirium and related neuropsychiatric presentations can allow for significant improvements in outcomes but…
Chapter 20 – Controlling the Confusion
Abstract There is now very little room for doubt that care of older people will be a major consumer of health and social services resources in the UK for the…
Chapter 18 – Review of Treatment for Late-Life Depression
Abstract In 2018, Public Health England reported that one in five older people living in the community and two in five older people living in care homes are affected by…
Chapter 17 – Palliative Care in Dementia
Abstract Intimations of death often cause symptoms or syndromes of mental or emotional disorder, of which anxiety and depression are the most common. It is entirely appropriate, therefore, for mental…
Chapter 16 – Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia
Abstract This article is an update on the overview in Advances in Psychiatric Treatment by Patel and colleagues which summarized the evidence base for psychosocial interventions in dementia. Since then…
Chapter 15 – What Can Person-Centred Care in Dementia Learn from the Recovery Movement?
Abstract This chapter explores the concept of ‘recovery’ and its applicability to older people with mental health problems and specifically those with dementia. A previous paper noted the complementarity, shared…
