1st Edition

Standards in Dementia Care

Edited By Alistair Burns Copyright 2005
400 Pages
by CRC Press

The European Dementia Consensus Network (EDCON) was formed by opinion leaders from the fields of old-age psychiatry and neurology in order to evaluate and improve the clinical management of patients with dementia across the continent. Summarizing the work of EDCON’s working group on standards in dementia care, this text compares and contrasts the differences in clinical practice and the... Read more

Section 1. Background/Introduction  Section 2. The Practice of Dementia Care: A European Perspective  Section 3. Multidisciplinary Working  Section 4. Carer Stress  Section 5. Services  Section 6. Ethical and Legal Issues

Biography

Alistair Burns