Younger People With Dementia

Younger dementia patients require specific skills to address their own needs, which are best delivered by a multi-professional team working in a multi-disciplinary way. This resource provides all the information required to develop this type of dedicated service and should also be relevant for those who commission mental health services.
This is an education resource for practitioners involved in organizing services for people with dementia, including psychiatrists, neurologists, physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers and even speech and language therapists. Younger dementia patients do not readily fit into any of the conventional mental health services, either for adults of working age or for older adults. Services for this group are generally led by old age psychiatrists. Younger dementia patients require specific skills to address their own needs, which are best delivered by a multi-professional team working in a multi-disciplinary way. This volume provides all the information required to develop this type of dedicated service and should also be relevant for those who commission mental health services. Sufficient information is provided for those wishing to develop a specialized service from scratch. The book should also be of interest to those wishing to improve particular aspects required for this type of service, for example to design therapeutic activities specific to this group of patients. In the UK, the Alzheimer's Disease Association, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Nation