Background With the rise in the prevalence of dementia disorders and the growing critical
impact of dementia on health-care resources, the provision of dementia care has …

Mitchell AJ, Meader N, Pentzek M. Clinical recognition of dementia and cognitive impairment
in primary care: a meta‐analysis of physician accuracy. Objective: We aimed to examine the …

BackgroundThe extent to which specific factors influence diagnostic delays in dementia is
unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare duration from symptom …

This article is the second report from a study examining perceived stigma in persons with
dementia with findings regarding the association between stigma and quality of life …

I was pleased to see the article by Ostergaard et al. published in EJE (2010; 25: 151–154).
Few psychiatrists have taken an interest in the statistics of screening but it is clearly an …

Introduction Possible dementia is usually identified in primary care by general practitioners
(GPs) who refer to specialists for diagnosis. Only two-thirds of dementia cases are currently …

Background: Living alone is common among elderly people in Western countries, and
studies on its relationship with institutionalization and all-cause mortality have shown …

Background Identifying dementia early in time, using real world data, is a public health
challenge. As only two-thirds of people with dementia now ultimately receive a formal …

Objective Optimising care for dementia patients and their informal carers is imperative in
light of the impending dementia epidemic. An important aspect of care is accurate …

Thousands of others and those around them will be confronted with the consequences of the
stigma associated with dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the coming decades. These …