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OverviewDementia is reaching epidemic proportions. To date treatment has focused on cognitive and behavioural symptoms and their management, but the physical side has been neglected. Physical comorbidity is extremely common in people with dementia and leads to excess disability and reduced quality of life for the affected person and their family. Physical comorbidity is often treatable if not reversible. Epilepsy, delirium, falls, oral disease, malnutrition, frailty, incontinence, sleep disorders and visual dysfunction are found to occur more frequently in dementia sufferers. Physical Comorbidities of Dementia describes how these may present and gives detailed information and evidence-based recommendations on how to recognise and manage these conditions. Written by clinicians, each chapter deals with a separate condition accompanied by a list of recommendations for management. Physical Comorbidities of Dementia provides practical explanations and solutions to help all healthcare professionals to improve care for people with dementia. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Kurrle (University of Sydney) , Henry Brodaty (University of New South Wales) , Roseanne Hogarth (University of Sydney)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) ISBN: 9780511894534ISBN 10: 0511894538 Publication Date: 05 July 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Falls; 3. Delirium; 4. Epilepsy; 5. Weight loss and nutritional disorders; 6. Incontinence; 7. Sleep disorders; 8. Visual dysfunction; 9. Oral disease; 10. Frailty; Index.Reviews'Any health professional working with PWD ought to have access to a copy of this useful little tome, and I think I will be a better doctor to my patients for having read it.' International Psychogeriatrics 'Any health professional working with PWD ought to have access to a copy of this useful little tome, and I think I will be a better doctor to my patients for having read it.' International Psychogeriatrics Any health professional working with PWD ought to have access to a copy of this useful little tome, and I think I will be a better doctor to my patients for having read it. International Psychogeriatrics Author InformationSusan Kurrle is Curran Chair in Health Care of Older People at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, and Geriatrician and Clinical Director, Division of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service, Hornsby, NSW, Australia. Henry Brodaty is Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health and Director at the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, and Director, Aged Care Psychiatry at Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Roseanne Hogarth is a Clinical Nurse Consultant in dementia at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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