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What is dementia and how big a problem is it?
Author(s)	Jill Manthorpe, Steve Iliffe
Journal title	Journal of Dementia Care, vol 25, no 1, January-February 2017
Publisher	Hawker Publications, January-February 2017
Pages	pp 16-18
Source	www.careinfo.org
Keywords	Dementia ; Mental disorder ; Ill health ; Medical care ; Person-centred care.
Annotation	According to the authors, dementia is not the big and expensive problem that has often been portrayed. In this article, they argue that social support and dementia prevention may be a more sensible investment than seeking cures. Dementia is a fuzzy concept that can be recognised but not diagnosed, and is more of a collection of symptoms than a disease. In addition, we need to better prepare for people who have dementia and other health problems, and dementia may not be the most troubling. Thus, there will will still be a need for dementia care, but it may need to be re-thought within wider problems of physical frailty and emotional and psychological impairments. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-170120255 A
Classmark	EA: E: CH: LK: PAA
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