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- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Chapter 14 Supporting Self-Management in Early Dementia
- Chapter 15 What Can Person-Centred Care in Dementia Learn from the Recovery Movement?
- Chapter 16 Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia
- Chapter 17 Palliative Care in Dementia
- Chapter 18 Review of Treatment for Late-Life Depression
- Chapter 19 Reducing the Healthcare Burden of Delirium
- Chapter 20 Controlling the Confusion
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Chapter 17 - Palliative Care in Dementia
Issues and Evidence
from Section 3 - Approaches to Management
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2020
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Chapter 14 Supporting Self-Management in Early Dementia
- Chapter 15 What Can Person-Centred Care in Dementia Learn from the Recovery Movement?
- Chapter 16 Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia
- Chapter 17 Palliative Care in Dementia
- Chapter 18 Review of Treatment for Late-Life Depression
- Chapter 19 Reducing the Healthcare Burden of Delirium
- Chapter 20 Controlling the Confusion
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Summary
Intimations of death often cause symptoms or syndromes of mental or emotional disorder, of which anxiety and depression are the most common. It is entirely appropriate, therefore, for mental health services to be involved with those who care for the dying in whatever setting. Old age psychiatrists have recognized their more direct role in caring for dying patients for many years., And some years ago a particular impetus emerged behind the notion of palliative care in dementia., This followed the early research by Ladislav Volicer and his colleagues in the dementia special care unit (DSCU) as part of the Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts. Since then there has been a burgeoning both in the field and in the literature. Gradually, different sorts of ways to provide palliative care for people with dementia have also emerged.
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- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 223 - 242Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020