WALES MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE MANAGING DEMENTIA IN PRIMARY CARE TRAINING RESOURCE DEMENTIA RESOURCE BOOK - INFORMATION & SIGNPOSTING

WALES MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE MANAGING DEMENTIA IN PRIMARY CARE TRAINING RESOURCE DEMENTIA RESOURCE BOOK INFORMATION & SIGNPOSTING Acknowledgeme...
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WALES MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE MANAGING DEMENTIA IN PRIMARY CARE TRAINING RESOURCE DEMENTIA RESOURCE BOOK INFORMATION & SIGNPOSTING Acknowledgements:

© WaMH in PC 2013

This book contains a range of resources to support the dementia training package CONTENTS BACKGROUND NOTES ON THE DVD

3–6

Section 2 - About Dementia

7–8

Section 3 – Timely Diagnosis

8-9

Section 4 – Memory Clinic

10 - 11

Section 5 – Reducing the risk of dementia

12

Section 6 – Living with dementia

13 – 16

Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 17 – 18

Read Codes

19 – 22

Websites, Links & Online Resources

23

Useful Telephone Numbers

24

Local resources & Contact numbers

DOCUMENTS (Downloadable from the DVD) •

Dementia Management in Primary Care – Quality Improvement Toolkit (Public Health Wales October 2013) (Toolkit 1)



Recognition, Assessment and Referral of Suspected Dementia in Primary Care – Quality Improvement Toolkit (Public Health Wales October 2013) (Toolkit 2)



‘End of Life Care Review’ Case Review Audit (Public Health Wales January 2013) (Toolkit 3)

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BACKGROUND NOTES ON THE DVD These notes contain additional information about each section of the DVD and are a useful resource for all practice staff. DVD SECTION 2 – About Dementia Professor Tony Bayer - IPCPH, School of Medicine, Cardiff University & Director Memory Team, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board DEMENTIA IS… •

A progressive and largely irreversible clinical syndrome



Characterised by global deterioration in intellectual function, behaviour and personality (in the presence of normal consciousness)



Cognitive deficits sufficiently severe to interfere with day-to-day functioning

Young onset dementia – formerly known as ‘pre-senile dementia’, refers to patients who develop dementia before the age of 65 years Late-onset dementia – previously known as ‘senile dementia’, refers to patients who develop dementia after the age of 65 years

DEMENTIA AFFECTS…



Estimated 45,000 people with dementia in Wales



Numbers predicted to double in the next 30 years



1 in 3 people alive today will die with dementia



Two thirds live in private households, the rest in care homes



Incidence increases with age; most are aged over 75 years



Young onset dementia (