Understanding Young Onset Dementia

<p><em>Understanding Young Onset Dementia</em> provides a state-of-the-art overview of approaches to care and evaluation for people with young onset dementia. It reviews the challenges in providing care and services, outlines new innovations in treatment and explores the impact of the condition to offer guidance about best practice in care.</p><p>Written by world-leading researchers and experts in the field, this book gives key evidence for best practice and focuses on lived experience of those with young onset dementia. It has a broad focus looking at aspects of care beyond diagnosis and gives a comprehensive summary of the current qualitative and quantitative research in the field of young onset dementia. This international collaboration fills a much-needed gap in the academic market and is vital to guide learning and deliver future innovations. </p><p>This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and post graduate students in the field of mental health and dementia research. It will also appeal to neurologists, psychiatrist, geriatricians and psychologists looking to update their knowledge or already working in the field.</p> <p>Foreword</p><p>Wendy Mitchell</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Part 1: Introduction to young onset dementia</p><p>Chapter 1</p><p>Young-onset dementia - challenges in nomenclature and clinical definitions </p><p>Dennis van de Veen, Christian Bakker, Raymond Koopmans</p><p>Chapter 2</p><p>Epidemiology and subtypes of dementia</p><p>Dexter Penn, Martin Rossor</p><p>Part 2: Evaluation of dementia in younger people </p><p>Chapter 3</p><p>Clinical presentation and differential diagnosis of dementia in younger people</p><p>Yolande Pijnenburg, Cynthia Klaassen</p><p>Chapter 4</p><p>Changes in behavior and emotions</p><p>Joany Millenaar, Marjolein de Vugt</p><p>Part 3: Needs in Young Onset Dementia </p><p>Chapter 5</p><p>The experience of living with young onset dementia</p><p>Jan Oyebode</p><p>Chapter 6</p><p>The perceptions and experiences of children and young people who have a parent with young onset dementia</p><p>Pat Sikes, Melantie Hall</p><p>Chapter 7</p><p>Care needs and experiences with services in young-onset dementia</p><p>Christian Bakker</p><p>Part 4: Care and Support</p><p>Chapter 8</p><p>International differences in best practice for young onset dementia </p><p>Vasileios Stamou, Janet Carter</p><p>Chapter 9</p><p>Vocational Rehabilitation for Young Onset Dementia: International Perspectives</p><p>Jun Yaeda, Nobuko Sunami</p><p>Chapter 10</p><p>An overview of ehealth interventions to support caregivers. A review of evidence relevant to Young Onset Dementia</p><p>Bridget Jones</p><p>Chapter 11</p><p>Palliative care in people with Young Onset Dementia</p><p>Raymond Koopmans, Jenny van der Steen, Marieke Perry, Romy Van Rickstal</p>