Guideline summary: assessment, diagnosis, care and support for people with dementia and their carers [Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network SIGN Guideline 168].

Burton, Jennifer Kirsty; Soiza, Roy L.; Quinn, Terence J.; Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) 168 guideline development group

Abstract

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) have recently published their guideline SIGN168 on 'Assessment, Diagnosis, Care, and Support for People with Dementia and their Carers'. The guideline makes evidence-based recommendations for best practice in the assessment, care and support of adults living with dementia. Topics featured in this guideline are limited to those prioritised by stakeholders, especially people with lived and living experience, and those not well covered under pre-existing guidance. We summarise the guideline recommendations related to identification and diagnosis of dementia, investigative procedures, postdiagnostic support living with dementia, including non-pharmacological approaches for distressed behaviours, using technology to support people with dementia, grief and dementia and changing needs of people with dementia. The guideline content is summarised as officially published, with additional commentary in the final section.

Citation

BURTON, J.K., SOIZA, R.L. and QUINN, T.J, on behalf of the SIGN 168 Guideline Development Group. 2024. Guideline summary: assessment, diagnosis, care and support for people with dementia and their carers [Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network SIGN Guideline 168]. Age and ageing [online], 53(7), afae147. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae147

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 2, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jul 6, 2024
• Publication Date: Jul 31, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jul 22, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 22, 2024
• Journal: Age and ageing
• Print ISSN: 0002-0729
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2834
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 7
• Article Number: afae147
• Item Discussed: SCOTTISH INTERCOLLEGIATE GUIDELINES NETWORK. 2023. Assessment, diagnosis, care and support for people with dementia and their carers. SIGN publication no. 168. Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network [online]. Available from: https://www.si
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae147
• Keywords: Older people; Alzheimer's; Dementia; Guidelines
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2418495
• Related Public URLs: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2418550 (Original published SIGN guidelines)