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Dementia: Assessment, Management and Support for People Living with Dementia and their Carers [NG97]

Dementia: Assessment, Management and Support for People Living with Dementia and their Carers [NG97]
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London. 2018


Project ID (Internal) 143
Project Status completed
Full Reference (text) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (2018) Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers. NICE Guideline [NG97]. [The guideline can be accessed here]
Full Reference (URL) https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97
Summary / Abstract

This guideline covers diagnosing and managing dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease). It aims to improve care by making recommendations on training staff and helping carers to support people living with dementia.

Recommendations
This guideline includes recommendations on:
• involving people living with dementia in decisions about their care
• assessment and diagnosis
• interventions to promote cognition, independence and wellbeing
• pharmacological interventions
• managing non-cognitive symptoms
• supporting carers
• staff training and education

Who is it for?
• Healthcare and social care professionals caring for and supporting people living with dementia
• Commissioners and providers of dementia health and social care services
• Housing associations, private and voluntary organisations contracted by the NHS or social services to provide care for people living with dementia
• People living with dementia, their families and carers

Publication Title Dementia: Assessment, Management and Support for People Living with Dementia and their Carers [NG97]
Author(s) The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Publication Details National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London.
Publication Year / End of Project 2018
Last Accessed 03/01/2019 12:00 am
Economic Report Authors Authors not listed
Economic Report Title Appendix J:Health Economics
Economic Report URL https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97/evidence/appendix-j-health-economics-pdf-174697045525

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