Dementia clinic in general hospital settings

BACKGROUND: There is a need to develop specialised dementia care services in developing countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used the existing infrastructure of a general hospital to start a weekly dementia clinic. RESULTS: We were able to support home-based care, even in patients with advanced dise...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shaji, K. S., Iype, Thomas, Praveenlal, K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742191
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.44904
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: There is a need to develop specialised dementia care services in developing countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used the existing infrastructure of a general hospital to start a weekly dementia clinic. RESULTS: We were able to support home-based care, even in patients with advanced disease. This new service gave us opportunity to train clinicians and researchers interested in dementia. CONCLUSION: It is feasible to start weekly dementia clinics using existing infrastructure in developing countries. Networking of such centres can generate a database capable of guiding service development.

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