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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Abstract Social and demographic changes and advances in acute medicine are leading to an ageing population. Many, perhaps most, people will now live for significant periods with long-term health conditions…
Abstract More than 47 million people are living with dementia worldwide, and this number is predicted to increase to 131 million by 2050. Not only can dementia be a devastating…
Abstract There is currently a huge variation in clinical practice as to whether patients being assessed for dementia undergo neuroimaging. With an ageing population it is likely that there will…
Abstract Screening for dementia is usually considered important, but only if accuracy of detection is sufficient and treatments are available and effective. In the National Dementia Strategy for England, one…
