List of Contributors vii

Introduction ix

1 Dementia in the UK 1
Bernard Coope

2 Causes of Dementia 5
Georgios Theodoulou and Ranjeev Jaswal

3 Assessment of Dementia 11
Bernard Coope and Felicity A. Richards

4 Intervening Early in Dementia 15
Bernard Coope and Tanya Jacobs

5 Pharmacological Treatment 19
Francis Johnson

6 Dementia and Families 23
Jenny La Fontaine

7 Person‐centred Care 29
Dawn Brooker

8 Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia (NPSD) 35
Carol Bannister

9 Dementia in Younger People 41
Peter Bentham

10 Dementia in Primary Care 47
Paul French

11 Dementia in the Acute Hospital 51
Rod Kersh

12 Dementia and the Law 57
Felicity A. Richards and Jelena Jankovic

13 End‐of‐life (EOL) Care in Dementia 63
Saskie Dorman and Andy Brogan

14 Dementia in Other Settings 69
Michelle Hughes and Rachel Christian‐Edwards

Index 73

About the Author

Felicity A. Richards, MBChB, MRCPsych, DGM, Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset, UK.

Bernard Coope, MBChB, MMedSci, MRCPsych, Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset, UK.

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