title: [Consensus statement on severe dementia].
abstract: Under the auspices of the French Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, a multidisciplinary team including geriatritians, neurologists, epidemiologists, psychiatrists, pharmacologists and public health specialists developed a consensus on care for patients with severe dementia. They defined 21 recommendations for general practitioners, long-term care physicians and specialists based on knowledge available in 2005. At all stages of the disease, the objective of care is to improve as much as possible quality-of-life for the patient and his/her family, including a life project until the end of life. It is always possible to do something for these patients and their family: nutritional status, behavior disorders, and incapacities to deal with basic activities of daily life have to be taken in consideration. Resource allocation and proximity care have to be targeted. Research areas necessary to improve the care of patients with severe dementia has been selected.
authors.affiliation: CHU Casselardit, Toulouse. vellas.b@chu-toulouse.fr
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mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index