Annual Evidence Update on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: 15-19 September 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; Frontotemportal 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:

• Risk factors and aetiology
• Diagnosis and screening
• Pharmacological treatments
• Non-pharmacological treatments
• Rehabilitation, practice and care standards.

Find out more at http://www.library.nhs.uk/laterlife