Setting the scene -- How the brain works -- Defining dementia -- Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment -- Vascular dementia -- Dementia with Lewy bodies -- Frontotemporal dementias -- Other dementias -- Assessment -- Social approaches to living with dementia -- Psychological approaches to management of dementia and depression -- Drug treatments -- Spiritual, palliative, and supportive care, Challenges in caring -- Facts and values.
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