Guidelines for Stage-Based Supports in Alzheimer's Care: The FAST-ACT

Abstract

Nurses should use support services to prevent excess disability in patients and promote physical and psychological well-being in caregivers.

Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 4. Approach to management of mild to moderate dementia

“…See Box 1 for a list of recommended actions that should be taken by family physicians, or the specialist or dementia service providing the patient's medical care, to assist patients and their families after mild to moderate dementia has been diagnosed. 2,9,10 A number of these activities will be ongoing during the course of the illness and will have to be done concurrently with other actions.…”