Long-Term Management of Dementia (Hardcover)

With people living longer and longer, Dementia is now at the forefront of medical research. In answer to this changing trend, Informa Health Care and Dr. Scharre present Long-Term Management of Dementia. A stand-alone resource for diagnoses treatment and management issues for the patient suffering from dementia.

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, as well as secondary caregivers, including nurses and social workers, will find, Long-Term Management of Dementia a perfect fit for health care professionals requiring a more in-depth look at this debilitating disease.