Annual Evidence Update on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: 13-17 September 2010

An update of the evidence on this topic from NHS Evidence - later life.

The Annual Evidence Update (AEU) aims to provide healthcare professionals with a clear path to the most important recent evidence surrounding the five major types of dementia: Alzheimer’s, Vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Frontotemporal dementia and Mixed dementias. The Dementia AEU provides bibliographies on secondary research (systematic reviews, meta analyses and guidelines) on the following topics:

1. Definitions, Diagnosis and Screening
2. Risk Factors and Aetiology
3. Pharmacological Treatments
4. Non-Pharmacological Treatments
5. Models of Dementia Care
6. Evidence on Other Dementias

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