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Memory clinics — what should we be assessing and documenting?
Author(s)	Julie Patel, Edward Renvoize
Journal title	PSIGE Newsletter, no 72, April 2000
Publisher	Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, April 2000
Pages	pp 5-11
Keywords	Dementia ; Geriatric out-patients clinics ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	Specialist memory clinics for dementia sufferers have been set up in some areas of the UK. Many were initially set up in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies to trial anti-dementia drugs such as Aricept (Donepezil). This article notes the significant variation in assessments used for monitoring progress and the use of guidelines for prescribing. More specifically, it focuses on the need for systematic evaluation, and what might constitute suitable and helpful assessments of people referred to clinics. Initial deliberations in developing the Fylde Assessment Centre Report Form are discussed, with opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of the assessment tools chosen. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001108513 A
Classmark	EA: L6G: DA:4C: 64A
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