Bernard Coope - ABC of Dementia

Edited by

Bernard Coope, MBChB, MMedSci, MRCPsych

Associate Medical Director, Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Felicity A. Richards, MBChB, MRCPsych,DGM

Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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ABC of dementia / edited by Bernie Coope and Felicity A. Richards.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-47402-0 (pbk.)

I. Coope, Bernie, 1964editor. II. Richards, Felicity A. (Felicity Ann), 1979editor.

[DNLM: 1. DementiadiagnosisGreat Britain. 2. DementiatherapyGreat Britain. WM 220]

RC521

616.83dc23

2013046742

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1. Peter Bentham
2. Birmingham Memory Assessment and Rare Dementia Services, Birmingham, UK
3. Dawn Brooker
4. Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK
5. Bernard Coope
6. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK
7. Tanya Jacobs
8. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK
9. Jelena Jankovic
10. Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust, Dudley, UK
11. Jenny La Fontaine
12. Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester, UK
13. Daryl L. Leung
14. Elderly Care and Dementia Service Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
15. Dhanjeev Marrie
16. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK
17. Felicity A. Richards
18. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK
19. Simon Rumley
20. Aylmer Lodge Cookley Partnership, Kidderminster,Worcestershire, UK
21. Solmaz Sadaghiani
22. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK
23. Georgios Theodoulou
24. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK
25. Kay de Vries
26. Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health (GSNMH), Victoria University of Wellington, NZ; Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester, UK; University of Washington, Seattle, USA
27. Elizabeth Ward
28. Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
29. Sally Williams
30. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK

Bernard Coope and Felicity A. Richards

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK

Historically, dementia has not featured highly in the training of either medical students or junior doctors. Dementia is now gaining increasing recognition as a health care issue in it's own right. The field of dementia care is transforming rapidly (), and whatever the area of health care you are involved in, you will at some point be touched by dementia. With this comes the need for all clinicians to learn about dementia. It is hoped that this book will play its part in helping clinicians understand the evolving nature of the evidence base, changes in societal expectations and the effects dementia has on the person, their family and the health service.

The changing field of dementia care.