1st Edition
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia in Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities
By Vee P Prasher
Copyright 1997
152 Pages
by
CRC Press
Comprehensive health services cannot be planned on the basis of 7.000 people - the average list size of a fundholding practice. Services such as casualty and kidney transplantation must be planned on populations of hundreds of thousands. GP commissioning has developed from the spontaneous reaction against fundholding by some GPs ( both fundholding and non-fundholding) into a comprehensive,... Read more
Overview of dementia in intellectual disabilities. Definition, classification and aetiology of dementia. Epidemiology of dementia. Clinical presentation of dementia. Assessment of dementia. Investigations for dementia. Management and treatment of dementia. Carer needs and support services. Conclusion. Sources of information.
Biography
Vee P Prasher
