Article Category: Assessment/Diagnosis

Responding to dementia in primary care

GPs need help to make the diagnosis of dementia and take appropriate action. Steve Iliffe throws light on their difficulties reporting on the progress of training and projects to formulate guidelines for primary care. Author/s: Steve Iliffe For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...

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How do older people feel about assessment?

Jo Moriarty and Sarah Webb’s study to evaluate community care arrangements for older people with dementia shows that some progress has been made since the reforms, but also suggests that the skill and knowledge of assessors is crucial. Author/s: Jo Moriarty, Sarah Webb For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the...

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Sharing the diagnosis – how do carers feel?

Most professionals agree that carers should be fully informed of the diagnosis of dementia and its implications, but there is much less agreement on whether sufferers themselves should be told. Hilary Husband reports on a survey to investigate carers’ views and experience. Author/s: Hilary Husband For the full article please see the PDF download linked...

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How to add insult to carers’ injuries

Doctors’ reluctance to add “dementia” or “Alzheimer’s disease” to death certificates skews the statistics on incidence and prevalence of the diseases, and is insulting and hurtful to carers, say Geoffrey Bamforth and Bernard Ineichen. Author/s: Geoffrey Bamforth, Bernard Ineichen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC...

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Genetic testing – whose right to know?

The possibility of genetic testing to predict the development of Alzheimer’s disease in an individual raises crucial social and ethical issues and the potential for good and harm, writes Harry Cayton in this second of two articles. Author/s: Harry Cayton For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full...

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Why GPs have a bad reputation

GPs have been criticised for their failure to make the diagnosis of dementia that could open access to vital support services for carers. Steve Iliffe argues that GPs have the diagnostic skills, but many other factors get in the way. He makes specific proposals to improve training and audit services. Author/s: Steve Iliffe For the...

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Diagnostic testing: who wants to know?

Recent research from the United States holds out the possibility of a simple neurobiological test for Alzheimer’s disease. In the first of two articles on the social and ethical consequences of new research, Harry Cayton looks at the benefits and problems of an accurate diagnostic test. Author/s: Harry Cayton For the full article please see...

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