RAND researchers found that one of the first steps to help individuals plan for long - term care needs is to increase detection and diagnosis of dementia through better outreach to the public and wider use of cognitive assessment tools by providers. (sciencedaily.com)
The government is putting pressure on commissioners, and in turn general practitioners, to make more diagnoses of dementia, but no analysis has been done to assess the harm that these targets could cause. (sciencedaily.com)
The mean age at first diagnosis of dementia was 80.7 years. (rdmag.com)