Long-Term Management of Dementia

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2010
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-3853-3 (ISBN)

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With people living longer, dementia is now at the forefront of medical research. In answer to this changing trend, Long-Term Management of Dementia presents a stand-alone resource for diagnosis, treatment, and management issues for the patient suffering from this debilitating disease.

Topics covered include:

Social, legal, economic, and ethical dilemmas

Functional abilities

Driving and the dementia patient

Hygiene and nutritional concerns

Supervision models

Medical complications

Neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, nurses, and social workers, along with family members of those suffering will find this book a valuable resource for understanding this disorder.

Douglas W. Scharre

Scope of Dementia. Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Maria. Pharmacotherapy of Cognition. Management of Behaviors. Management of Function - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Management of Function - Basic Activities of Daily Living. Medical Complications of Dementia. Social Issues in Dementia. Health Economics and Financial Decision Making. Physician's Role. Ethical Issues in Dementia. Legal Issues in Dementia. Caregiver Issues. Local and National Resource Listing.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.11.2010
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	0-8493-3853-0 / 0849338530
ISBN-13	978-0-8493-3853-3 / 9780849338533
Zustand	Neuware