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Title: Are we providing the best possible care for dementia patients? Borisovskaya A, Chen K, Borson S Ref: Neurodegener Dis Manag, 5:217, 2015 : PubMed
SUMMARY Healthcare for patients with dementia is often reactive, poorly organized and fragmented. We discuss opportunities for improvements in the care of individuals living with dementia at home that can be implemented by physicians in their practices today. In particular, we argue that systematic identification and diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia in their early stages, coupled with a coherent, evidence-informed management framework, would benefit patients with dementia substantially and ease the burden of their caregivers. We emphasize that dementia influences all aspects of patient care, and each medical decision must be passed through the filter of knowledge that patients with dementia have special needs that can be identified and addressed.
        
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Borisovskaya A, Chen K, Borson S (2015) Are we providing the best possible care for dementia patients? Neurodegener Dis Manag5: 217-24
Borisovskaya A, Chen K, Borson S (2015) Neurodegener Dis Manag5: 217-24