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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830573203321

Titolo

Severe dementia / / editors, Alistair Burns, Bengt Winblad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

1-280-45054-1

9786610450541

0-470-01056-8

0-470-01055-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BurnsAlistair S

WinbladBengt

Disciplina

616.83

616.831061

Soggetti

Dementia

Dementia - Chemotherapy

Dementia - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Severe Dementia; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part 1 Introductory; Chapter 1 Assessment and Diagnosis of Severe Dementia; Chapter 2 Cholinergic and Serotonergic Systems in Severe Dementia; Chapter 3 The Molecular Pathology of Severe Dementia; Part 2 Clinical Features of Severe Dementia; Chapter 4 Cognitive Functions in Severe Dementia; Chapter 5 Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia - Agitation; Chapter 6 Depression in Severe Dementia; Chapter 7 Physical Aspects of Severe Alzheimer's Disease; Chapter 8 Clinical Features of Severe Dementia: Staging

Chapter 9 Clinical Features of Severe Dementia: FunctionPart 3 Management; Chapter 10 Drug Treatment: Memantine; Chapter 11 Drug Treatment: Cholinesterase Inhibitors; Chapter 12 Drug Treatment: Treatment of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia with Neuroleptics; Chapter 13 Non-pharmacological Treatment of Severe Dementia: An Overview; Chapter 14 Non-pharmacological Treatment of Severe Dementia:the Seattle Protocols; Chapter 15 Care by



Families for Late Stage Dementia; Chapter 16 Person-centred Care for People with Severe Dementia

Chapter 17 Palliative Care in Patients with Severe DementiaChapter 18 Narrative Ethics and Ethical Narratives in Dementia; Chapter 19 Health Economics of Severe Dementia; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The later stages of dementia are as important, if not more so, as the earlier stages, since they harbour unique characteristics and events, which profoundly affect the lives of patients and their carers. Severe dementia has not had a high profile in the clinical literature as until recently prognosis was poor and there were few beneficial interventions. With the recent licensing of memantine, clinicians finally have a drug option that will delay disease progression.  Severe Dementia is the first book to focus exclusively on severe dementia. It addresses both the clinical featur