Abstract Purpose of Review: The psychiatric aspects of dementia are increasingly
recognized as significant contributors to distress, disability, and care burden, and, thus, are …

Treatment of dementias represents an important but relatively neglected part of neurological
care of the elderly population. Individual therapeutic interventions may make only small …

Recently, professional understanding of dementia has broadened and has opened up new
thinking about how we can provide more imaginative, responsive and'person …

The aims of psychosocial intervention for people with early-stage dementia are essentially
those of rehabilitation. That is to say, the focus should be an attempt to optimize functioning …

The person-centred approach to dementia care emerges from a new emphasis on the
experience of the person with dementia. The person is seen as attempting to manage and …

To evaluate nonpharmacologic interventions, caregivers (65 women, 38 men) and their
dementia-diagnosed spouses (patients) were randomized to one of four treatment programs …

Dementia is a biomedical, psychological and societal disability, which poses complex
challenges that are different to those of many other disabilities. As a global health problem, it …

The subject matter of this chapter is potentially extremely broad, given that in practice the
bulk of the day-to-day management of dementia is nonpharmacological. However, most …

Depression and dementia commonly coexist and are associated with higher rates of
behavioral and functional problems. Caregivers of these individuals report higher levels of …

More than 50% of people with dementia experience behavioral and psychological
symptoms of dementia (BPSD). BPSD are distressing for patients and their caregivers, and …