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Dementia in old age
— an "insight" into mental health in old age | | Author(s) | Colin Kelcey |
| Corporate Author | Insight Research and Training Consultants |
| Publisher | Kelcey Publications, Kidderminster, 1997 |
| Pages | unnumbered (Insight series) |
| Source | Insight Research and Training Consultants, Fingal House, 14a St John's Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY11 6AT. |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Symptoms ; Instruction handbooks. |
| Annotation | This pamphlet outlines the different forms of dementia: Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct dementia, diffuse Lewy body disease, Parkinson's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Huntington's chorea, Pick's disease, Down's syndrome, and AIDS related dementia. It also outlines incidence, symptoms, and diagnosis of the various dementias. It discusses attitudinal factors, the reactions of family members, keeping the person with dementia alert and involved, and safety precautions. This item is also published as part of the open learning package, `Mental health in old age - an open learning resource for carers', aimed at the `grass roots' level of service provision. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980505220 P |
| Classmark | EA: CT: 69M * |
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