Improving dementia care in primary care: 10 key steps for General Practice

Improving dementia care in primary care: 10 key steps for General Practice

Improving dementia care in primary care: 10 key steps for General Practice

GPs and primary health care teams are often the first port of call for people worried about their memory, and are a gateway to early diagnosis and interventions.

This Briefing is designed to support GPs and primary health care teams to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of dementia.

It promotes:

  • people’s rights, and tackling stigma associated with dementia
  • case finding approaches
  • tools to support initial assessment
  • tips for better coding and record keeping, and
  • signposts to additional training and education resources.

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The briefing is supplemented by additional resources, including: