| Literature DB >> 25998120 |
Darby Morhardt1, Sandra Weintraub2, Becky Khayum3, Jaimie Robinson4, Jennifer Medina1, Mary O'Hara1, Marsel Mesulam5, Emily J Rogalski6.
Abstract
The goal of the Care Pathway Model for Dementia (CARE-D) is to improve quality of life and daily functioning both for individuals diagnosed with dementia and for their families or other caregivers. This is accomplished by developing individualized recommendations focused on a person's strengths and weaknesses as determined by formal neurocognitive and psychosocial evaluations. Careful attention is given to the stage of illness and an individual's stage in life, to connecting families with services that target an individual's cognitive and behavioral symptoms, and to providing education and emotional support specific to symptoms, clinical diagnosis, and prognosis.Entities:
Keywords: Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia; Clinical care model; Dementia of the Alzheimer type; Neurocognitive profile; Posterior cortical atrophy; Primary progressive aphasia; Quality of life; Symptom-specific strategies
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25998120 PMCID: PMC4635684 DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2015.01.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatr Clin North Am ISSN: 0193-953X