…in the palliative care of patients with Parkinson’s and dementia. A great deal of the treatment offered to patients with Parkinson’s and dementia is after all palliative in nature, so…
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…https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-standards-for-supporting- people-with-long-term-conditions Neuro numbers. 2014. Neurological Alliance and MHP Health Mandate http://www.neural.org.uk/store/assets/ les/…/Final_-_Neuro_Numbers_30_ April_2014_.pdf London organisational audit of secondary and tertiary neurological care provider.s http://www.londonscn.nhs.uk/networks/mental-health-dementia neuroscience/ neuroscience/quality-and-safety/ https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/profile/neurology http://www.londonscn.nhs.uk/networks/mental-health-dementia-neuroscience/ neuroscience/integration-and-coordination/…
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…as pre-diabetes); and a shift in diagnostic definitions without greater benefit. Commenting on dementia, she explained that the expectation that treating pre-dementia will improve outcomes (described by Dr Godlee as…
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…under the motto “Making dementia a European priority”. As in previous years, the 2018 conference will be a great networking opportunity which will bring together people with dementia, their carers,…
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…available for trainees who are first authors of an accepted abstract. Key themes this year will be brain injury, headache, pain and dementia. There will also be the exciting new…
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…an isolated cluster of ALS-parkinsonian-dementia complex found in the Guam peninsula. As an interesting counterpoint to this article, we are also publishing a commentary by Dr Huw Morris. Dr Morris,…
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…(Dementia United). The Dementia United programme, as part of an Integrated Care system, is happy to support this work and has contributed towards the development of the course. Parkinson’s Advanced…
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…people have a 43% and South Asian people a 17% increased risk of dementia compared to White people [1]. Across England and Wales over 20% of dementia deaths are attributable…
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…is a critical part of the neurological examination (Table 1) [3–6], informing diagnosis and rehabilitation. Gait characteristics may also have a role in prognostication, such as assessing dementia risk [7]….
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