Full Description
Adults 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of the population worldwide, which means there will be more people living with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Written at a resident level, the Primer on Dementia provides early career professionals with the information necessary to care for the often complex clinical presentations of people with age-associated neurocognitive disorders.
This book is organized into three sections: (1) core concepts, (2) dementia syndromes, and (3) disease management. The chapters in section one focus on clinical knowledge and skills applicable across all dementias, including the diagnostic interview and neurologic examination, frequently used cognitive screening measures, neuropsychological assessment, neuroimaging, and differential diagnosis. Chapters in section two review the most common dementia syndromes and cover epidemiology, neuropathology, biomarkers, genetics, and clinical signs and symptoms, providing at least one illustrative case. The final section presents the latest evidence-based interventions from risk management to pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches, while also addressing safety considerations, legal issues, palliative and advanced care planning, and attending to caregivers.
Contents
Introduction and Overview
Robin C. Hilsabeck and Gayle Ayers
Section I: Core Concepts
1. Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Disease Burden
Jason E. Schillerstrom, Kimberly S. Benavente, and Ivelisse M. Velazquez-Negron
2. Diagnostic Interviewing and Cognitive Screening
Phillip K. Martin, Kamalakar Surineni, and Ryan W. Schroeder
3. Neuropsychological Assessment
Gabrielle A. Hromas and Jeremy J. Davis
4. Neurologic Exam
Sethulakshmi Sreevalsam Anil and Badr Ratnakaran
5. Neuroimaging
Mary A. Kelley and John A. Bertelson
6. Differential Diagnosis
Emily J. MacKillop and Heather E. McNeely
Section II: Age-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
7. Mild Cognitive Impairment
Alec Neale, Jenna Axelrod, Elizabeth Geary, and Leslie M. Guidotti-Breting
8. Alzheimer's Disease
Kyle J. Jennette and Jason R. Soble
9. Vascular Disease
Seetha Chandrasekhara and Danna L. Zevy
10. Frontotemporal Lobular Degeneration
Angelina J. Polsinelli, Dale Korinek, Elizabeth K. Vernon, and Sophia Wang
11. Lewy Body Disease and Atypical Parkinsonian Conditions
Bonnie M. Scott and Jared F. Benge
12. Rare and Rapidly Progressive Dementias
Joel E. Kamper, Emily N. VanDerBleek, and Erin K. Bailey
13. Dementia due to Other Medical Conditions
Channing A. Sofko and Katya Nama
Section III: Disease Management
14. Risk Management
Aaron Bonner-Jackson
15. Pharmacological Treatment
Deanna Fernandes and Josepha Cheong
16. Non-pharmacological Approaches -
Yesenia Serrano, Marie C. Weil, and Stephanie A. Tuncel
17. Safety Considerations
Joseph J. Asper, Alyssa C. Smith, Angelina J. Polsinelli, and Sophia Wang
18. Palliative and Advanced Care Planning
Adithy S. Nagarajan, Brian Donley, and Erica C. Garcia-Pittman
19. Legal Issues
Senthil Vel Rajan Rajaram Manoharan MBBS, Jessy Walia, and Mack Bozman
20. Attending to the Caregiver
Shannon Reilly, Brianna Daranciang, and Kathleen Fuchs
