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Patients with young-onset dementia in an older people's mental health service.


ABSTRACT:

Aims and method

Currently, no separate service exists for patients with young-onset dementia in Cambridgeshire. These patients are managed together with late-onset dementia patients within old age psychiatry services. To inform service design, we sought to characterise young-onset dementia patients in our population. We first analysed service-level data and supplemented this with a detailed case review of 90 patients.

Results

Young-onset dementia remains a relatively rare condition. Only a small proportion of those referred for assessment receive a diagnosis of dementia. Data collected on presenting complaints, comorbidities, medication and Health of the Nation Outcome Scales scores associated young-onset dementia with a greater incidence of depression than late-onset dementia. Outcomes in the two groups did not appear to differ.

Clinical implications

The data presented here do not suggest a need to create a separate service. Practitioners should be aware of the increased incidence of depression observed in this group.

SUBMITTER: Yeung M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8111944 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Patients with young-onset dementia in an older people's mental health service.

Yeung Michael M   MacFarland Katherine K   Mlilo Vincent V   Dean Nathan N   Underwood Benjamin R BR  

BJPsych bulletin 20210401 2


<h4>Aims and method</h4>Currently, no separate service exists for patients with young-onset dementia in Cambridgeshire. These patients are managed together with late-onset dementia patients within old age psychiatry services. To inform service design, we sought to characterise young-onset dementia patients in our population. We first analysed service-level data and supplemented this with a detailed case review of 90 patients.<h4>Results</h4>Young-onset dementia remains a relatively rare conditio  ...[more]

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