Dementia care in Asia – Second Consensus Statement on Quality Services

The continuum of care for dementia: needs, resources and practice in China

“…In most memory clinics, once an individual is diagnosed with dementia, eligibility for anti-dementia drug prescriptions is determined by the specialist. Afterwards, a specialist in the memory clinic initiates the follow-up on pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, including cognitive training and psychosocial intervention [58,59]. Representative examples are shown in Table 3 .…”

Opinion enhancing quality of life in dementia

“…To address this very important and relevant issue for the people of this region, a series of three Consensus meetings were held in 2004–2006 with the encouragement and support of Eisai Human Health Care Company. The Consensus statements have been published in the journal International Psychogeriatrics (Chiu and Chiu, , ). Contributors came from Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Malaysia, Japan and Australia.…”