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ArticleMental health in family medicine2013

Optimising primary care for people with dementia.

Chris Fox, Ian Maidment, Esme Moniz-Cook, Jacquie White, Jochen René Thyrian, John Young, Cornelius Katona, Carolyn A Chew-Graham

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Article in Mental health in family medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Chris FoxClinical Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Ian MaidmentSenior Lecturer, Pharmacy, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Esme Moniz-CookProfessor of Clinical Psychology, Center of Dementia Research and Practice, Humber NHS FT, Willerby, UK.
Jacquie WhiteSenior Lecturer/University Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Jochen René ThyrianResearch Scientist, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Greifswald, Germany.
John YoungProfessor of Elderly Medicine, National Clinical Director for Integration & Frail Elderly, NHS England, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford, UK.
Cornelius KatonaHonorary Professor, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
Carolyn A Chew-GrahamProfessor of General Practice Research, Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review considers key areas in primary care regarding the diagnosis of dementia. Issues surrounding assessment, policy and incentives are considered. In addition, the relevance of non-medication approaches for dementia in primary care, which aim to enhance or maintain quality of life by maximising psychological and social function in the context of existing disabilities, is deliberated. Finally, key issues about primary care medication management are considered, and relevant therapeutic strategies with recommendation for a collaborative approach that improve outcomes by linking primary and secondary healthcare services - including general practice and pharmacy - with social care needs are weighed up. A key aspect of such a collaborative approach is to support informal carers in optimising medication.

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dementiadiagnosismedicationprimary carepsychosocial

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PMID24427181
PMCPMC3822661

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