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Management of Dementia in Primary Care

Management of Dementia in Primary Care. Dr R C Barnes Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry Mossley Hill Hospital Liverpool. Dementia in Primary Care. Plan for the talk/learning points General facts about dementia Dementia in primary care Care pathway for dementia.

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Management of Dementia in Primary Care

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  1. Management of Dementia in Primary Care Dr R C Barnes Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry Mossley Hill Hospital Liverpool

  2. Dementia in Primary Care • Plan for the talk/learning points • General facts about dementia • Dementia in primary care • Care pathway for dementia

  3. General facts about Dementia • Most age-related • Clinical diagnosis • Not all are untreatable • Not protective against anything • Make many things more likely • A perpetually changing and fascinating process

  4. “Geography” of Dementia • Moderate/severe dementia • ~ 5% of over 65s • ~20% of over 80s • 33% of patients in residential care • 90% of mild dementia live in community • Over 70% of severe dementia

  5. Dementia in the Community • Local figures • 10% in NHS beds • 20% in residential care • 20% living alone • 50% living with family (mostly spouses) • Dementia is a primary care issue • as you know

  6. GPs and Dementia • Little undergraduate teaching • Not much postgraduate teaching • It’s a big scary world out there • GPs often first line of call • limited range of responses • inconsistent liaison with staff • limitations of time • Multidisciplinary working

  7. A Care Pathway for Dementia • Identifying dementia • Initial assessment • Pre referral workup • Referral • What to expect from your memory service • Subsequent involvement

  8. Identifying Dementia • Index of suspicion • Family concerns • Others services • Social services • Police • Pharmacy etc etc etc • Screening

  9. Initial Assessment • Establishing a problem • Clinical history • Cognitive assessment • Acute vs chronic • Organic vs functional • Baseline screening

  10. Baseline Screening • Bloods • FBC, U&E, LFT, TFT, Bone, B12 & Folate • Possibly ESR and others as relevant • ECG • Other tests • CXR etc • Probably not

  11. Other Pre-Referral Things • Social Services • Carer support • Voluntary services • Other medical opinions • Others • I don’t necessarily mind if these aren’t done

  12. Who to Refer • Everybody? • Certainly • The young • The undiagnosed • The complex • The carer in need • The high risk • Maybe this is, in fact, everybody

  13. The Minimal Acceptable Referral • Patients name and address • Contact for informant • A clue… • … that’s it really (!) • NB There is not necessarily consensus on this view

  14. The Memory Clinic • The function of a memory clinic • Memory clinic controversy • Who to provide the service • What you should expect • What your patients should expect • What the carers should expect

  15. A Good Memory Clinic • Easy access • Diagnosis • Drug prescription • Follow up • Community assessments • Specialist professionals in specialist teams • Carer support • Post diagnostic counselling • Continuity of care • Liaison with others • Team working and flexibility • Carers groups/cognitive help groups

  16. Memory Clinic Accreditation • Royal College of Psychiatrists • Independent and external • Three year cycle • Annual assessment • High standards • Accreditation • Clinics should be accredited as a minimum

  17. On-going Input • When to discharge back to primary care? • Access to re-referral • Open referral • Care navigators • Monitoring change • End of life care

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