Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 6. Management of severe Alzheimer disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The management of severe Alzheimer disease often presents difficult choices for clinicians and families. The disease is characterized by a need for full-time care and assistance with basic activities of daily living. We outline an evidence-based approach for these choices based on recommendations from the Third Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia.

Methods

We developed evidence-based guidelines using systematic literature searches, with specific criteria for the selection and quality assessment of articles, and a clear and transparent decision-making process. We selected articles published from January 1996 to December 2005 that dealt with the management of severe Alzheimer disease. Subsequent to the conference, we searched for

SUBMITTER: Herrmann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2585109 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature