Guide for younger onset dementia released onto web
Friday 14 August 2009
A 38 page online booklet, entitled “Quality Dementia Care Series: Younger Onset Dementia – A practical guide” has been produced by the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (POWMRI), Australia. The objective of the publication is “to draw together information on younger onset dementia and provide practical information for those newly diagnosed as well as their families and carers.”
Written by Professor John Hodges and his team from the Frontotemporal Dementia Research Group (FRONTIER), areas covered in the booklet include:
Background on younger onset dementia
Practical approaches to the management of dementia
The caring role and the family
Planning for the future
Research into younger onset dementia: brain donation
The booklet was commissioned by Alzheimer’s Australia and funded by the Federal Government (ABN 79 625 582 771).
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