Friday, 26 September 2008

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ANNUAL EVIDENCE UPDATE 2008

The Later Life Specialist Library's Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia Annual Evidence Update aims to provide healthcare
professionals with a clear path to the most important recent
evidence surrounding the five major types of dementias:
Alzheimer's; Vascular dementia; Dementia with lewy bodies;
Frontotemporal dementia; and mixed dementias.

The Dementia AEU provides bibliographies and clinical commentary on secondary research (systematic reviews, meta analyses and guidelines) from the last 14 months for the following topics: 1. Definitions, Diagnosis and screening; 2. Risk factors and aetiology; 3. Pharmacological treatments; 4. Non-pharmacological treatments; 5. Rehabilitation, practice and care standards; 6. Evidence on other Dementias. Full details can be found here.

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