Practical Dementia Care

by Rabins, Peter V.; Lyketsos, Constantine G.; Steele, Cynthia D.

• ISBN13: 9780195106251
• ISBN10: 0195106253
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Practical Dementia Care offers an evidence-based approach to management and treatment of patients with dementia from the time of diagnosis to the end of life. It includes sections on definitions, epidemiology, and the most common causes of dementia, such as Alzheimer disease. The major emphasis diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of dementia. Topics covered in detail include available therapies for disease and its symptoms, the the provision of comprehensive supportive care of dementia patients and their caregivers, the management of common behavior disorders such as aggression and depression, and functional problems such as bathing and dressing. The book also includes chapters on ethical issues, care of terminal dementia patients, and genetics, as well as a glossary of terms. Clinicians from many disciplines, including physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and others who care for patients with dementia in almost any setting, including long-term care will find Practical Dementia Care to be an invaluable resource.

Author Biography

Cynthia D. Steele is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of the Neuropsychiatry and Memory Group at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Constantine G. Lyketsos is Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and Mental Health and Co-Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Peter V. Rabins is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(4)
Definitions and Overview of the Book	7	(14)
The Evaluation and Formulation of Dementia	21	(28)
Diseases Typically Causing a Cortical Pattern Dementia	49	(12)
Diseases Typically Causing Subcortical or Mixed Pattern Dementia	61	(18)
Overview of Dementia Care	79	(14)
Supportive Care for the Patient With Dementia	93	(18)
Supporting the Family and the Care-Provider	111	(22)
Noncognitive Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders	133	(38)
Noncognitive Disorders of Functioning and Disturbances of Sleeping, Eating, and Sexuality	171	(32)
Pharmacologic and Other Biologic Treatments in Dementia	203	(24)
Terminal Care	227	(10)
Ethical and Legal Issues	237	(16)
Clincal Genetics and Dementia	253	(10)
Glossary	263	(10)
References	273	(6)
Index	279