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Assessment and Better Care Outcomes
The Care of People with Dementia in General Practice
Current Projects
| Centre | Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre |
| Node | University of Newcastle |
| Project Title | A literature review covering diagnosis, assessment and management of dementia in general practice, as well as a review examining the best way to change behaviour in General Practice to effect improvement in services |
| Researchers | Professor Dimity Pond, Professor Nigel Stocks, Dr Robert Yeoh |
| Description | The literature review will focus on current practice and best practice in dementia care, as follows:
a. Assessment for dementia by GPs
b. Diagnosis of dementia by GPs
c. Management of dementia by GPs
d. Best way to change behaviour in GP/Primary Care? |
| Completed | 31/12/2007 |
| Products | Literature Review Summary - Dementia in General Practice |
| Contact | For more information contact Professor Dimity Pond |
| Centre | Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre |
| Node | University of Newcastle |
| Project Title | Four focus groups of GPs and practice nurses, examining current and proposed practice in dementia assessment, diagnosis and management |
| Researchers | Professor Dimity Pond, Professor Nigel Stocks, Dr Robert Yeoh
This project will be conducted in collaboration with Urbis Keys Young |
| Description | Four focus groups will be conducted (2 in Newcastle and 2 in Sydney) with GPs and practice nurses. The groups will focus on current practice in dementia care, looking at barriers and enablers for best practice. Focus groups will be recorded and analysed, and a report produced. |
| Completed | 30/06/2007 |
| Products | Report (PDF 0.3MB) |
| Contact | For more information contact Professor Dimity Pond |
| Centre | Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre |
| Node | The care of people with dementia in General Practice |
| Project Title | Inappropriate medication use in community dwelling elderly people with and without cognitive impairment |
| Researchers | Professor Dimity Pond, Dr Parker Magin, Dr Karen Mate, Professor Kichu Nair |
| Description | This project will examine inappropriate use of medication by both cognitively impaired and cognitively intact people aged 75 or over, building on a study in which cognitive impairment is identified and medications recorded. The project will use a variety of sources to define what medication is inappropriate, including the Beers criteria. The project team will then discuss the medication use with the GPs who are prescribing it. It is anticipated that a variety of reasons for the inappropriate prescribing will be discovered, and that in some cases these prescriptions are not inappropriate, taking into account all the circumstances of the prescription. |
| Completed | 31/12/2008 |
| Products | TBA |
| Contact | For more information contact Professor Dimity Pond |