Dementia

From advanced disease to bereavement

Edited by Victor Pace, Adrian Treloar, and Sharon Scott

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care

Written in a succinct, concise format to facilitate quick access to information
Written by three leading experts in the fields of palliative medicine and old-age psychiatry and including authors from the field of geriatrics
A portable, practical, and accessible handbook on a complex group of patients

Dementia

From advanced disease to bereavement

Edited by Victor Pace, Adrian Treloar, and Sharon Scott

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care

Description

The Oxford Specialist Handbooks series provides readers with clear, concise information on all that is needed to successfully train in the medical sub-specialties. Each book gives an overview of clearly defined procedures, skills, guidelines, and technologies and provides practical tips and case studies to supplement hands-on experience. Where appropriate, each book complements the revised curriculum as developed by the Specialist Advisory Committees.

Dementia is a growing issue, exacerbated by improvements in health care which have led to an ageing population; currently three quarters of a million people suffer from dementia in the UK, and this is expected to rise to 1.8 million by 2050. This book concentrates on advanced disease and addresses issues such as pain management, decision-making, spiritual needs, communication, the Mental Health Capacity Act, dementia in the younger patient, and the carer's perspective.

Written by specialists, this book will be invaluable for doctors and nurses involved in palliative medicine, geriatrics, and old-age psychiatry, and the generalist who treats the patient with dementia.

Dementia

From advanced disease to bereavement

Edited by Victor Pace, Adrian Treloar, and Sharon Scott

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care

Abbreviations
1:Introduction to dementia
2:Dementia and its management
3:Young onset dementia
4:Advanced dementia
5:An overview of palliative care
6:Distress in dementia
7:Principles of physical symptom assessment in dementia
8:Pain and pain control
9:Other physical symptoms
10:Mental distress and psycho-behavioural problems
11:Managing disability in dementia
12:Intercurrent illness
13:Deciding on appropriate intervention
14:The terminal phase
15:Bereavement
16:Communication
17:Person centred dementia care
18:Choice, capacity, care and the law
19:Spiritual care
20:Provision of appropriate care
21:A family carer's perspective
22:Caring for the carers
23:Some other therapies
24:Financial issues
Appendix 1 - Further information
Appendix 2 - Some relevant drug interactions
Appendix 3 - Important neurochemical syndromes
Appendix 4 - Body dermatomes

Dementia

From advanced disease to bereavement

Edited by Victor Pace, Adrian Treloar, and Sharon Scott

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care

Author Information

Edited by Victor Pace, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK, Adrian Treloar, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, and Sharon Scott, Senior Research Nurse, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, UK

Contributors:

Dr Victor Pace, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
Dr Adrian Treloar, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Sharon Scott, Senior Research Nurse, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, Department of Mental Health Science, UCL Medical School, London, UK
Dr Carmelo Aquilina, Director of Specialist Mental Health services for Older People, Western Sydney Local Health Network, Sydney, Australia
Dr Sunita Sahu, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Clare Steves, Speciality Registrar in Medicine of the Elderly, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr Monica Crugel, Speciality Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Dr Karen Le Ball, Consultant Geriatrician, South London Healthcare Trust; Deputy Head of School of Medicine and Medical Specialties, London Deanery, UK
Professor Murna Downs, Head of Bradford Dementia Group, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, UK
Dr Amanda Thompsell, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust,
Clinical Champion for the Dementia Workstream of the Modernisation Initiative End of Life Programme, UK
Dr Gillie Evans, GP, Jenner Health Centre, Whittlesey, Peterborough; RESEC Research Fellow, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
Barbara Pointon MBE, retired lecturer, former family carer, Ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society and Dementia UK, member of the Standing Commission on Carers, UK
Karen Harrison Dening, Lead Practice Development Admiral Nurse, Dementia UK, (GSF Clinical Associate, also seconded to the NCPC and Marie Curie UK), UK
Elaine Syrett, Senior complementary therapist, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
Tamsin Dives, Music Therapist, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK

Dementia

From advanced disease to bereavement

Edited by Victor Pace, Adrian Treloar, and Sharon Scott

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care

Reviews and Awards

"This book pulls together recent evidence to produce a practical, up to date guide to its management. It is mainly aimed at specialists or trainees in palliative medicine, old age psychiatry or medicine of old age, but will be of use to many other professionals." - St Christopher's Hospice

Dementia

From advanced disease to bereavement

Edited by Victor Pace, Adrian Treloar, and Sharon Scott

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care

From Our Blog

How can we respond to the widespread inadequate understanding of dementia?

By Dr Victor Pace Dementia is always in the news nowadays. Every day brings a new story: of poor care, of concerns about future numbers, of some new approach to treatment. From something that was never spoken about, it has moved centre stage, stemming from the combined realisation that many of us or our loved ones will develop it as we all live longer, and that the care people with dementia receive is grossly inadequate. This is difficult to remedy as care will become even more expensive as the number of dementia patients grows. Dementia has replaced cancer as the dreaded disease of the twenty first century.

Posted on April 24, 2013

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