Practical Support for Caregivers in Navigating Financial Issues Associated With Dementia

Jensen-Hart, Staci

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“…35,145,167 This concept acknowledges that patients who display MCI do not share a common point at which diagnosis is best made. Instead, 'timely diagnosis' requires intervention at an individual patient-defined point that allows the patient and their carer to undertake mitigating changes in lifestyle and/or to make preparations, should they choose to do so, for future activities of living and financial arrangements 162,168 in anticipation or in advance of a worsening of their symptoms. 145 It is claimed that timely intervention facilitates the early initiation of treatment, including pharmacological and psychosocial interventions, such as cognitive stimulation therapy.…”

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“…145,167 This concept acknowledges that an attempt to pinpoint a precise point for intervention that is common to all patients who display MCI is likely to meet only limited success. Historically, 'timely diagnosis' can be considered intervention at an individual patient-defined point that allows the patient and their carer to undertake mitigating changes in lifestyle and/or to make preparations for future activities of living and financial arrangements 162,168 in anticipation or in advance of a worsening of their symptoms. 145 Planning for information provision and social support become important in this context.…”

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Assessment and management pathways of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: descriptive review and critical interpretive synthesis

Chambers

Cantrell

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2022

Health Soc Care Deliv Res

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Background Mild cognitive impairment in older adults is a risk factor for dementia. Mild cognitive impairment is a result of a diverse range of underlying causes and may progress to dementia, remain stable or improve over time. Objectives We aimed to assess the evidence base around the assessment and management pathway of older adults with mild cognitive impairment in community/primary care, hospital and residential settings. Data sources In January 2021, we searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycInfo®, Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, The Cochrane Library (i.e. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials), Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. The search was limited to studies published in English between 2010 and 2020. Grey literature and citation searches were also performed. Methods We performed two separate evidence reviews: (1) a descriptive review with narrative synthesis focusing on diagnosis, service provision and patient experience; and (2) a critical interpretive synthesis of evidence on the advantages and disadvantages of ‘mild cognitive impairment’ as a diagnostic label. Results A total of 122 studies were included in the descriptive review, of which 29 were also included in the critical interpretive synthesis. Study participants were most commonly recruited from populations of community-living older adults or those who had sought medical help from their general practitioner for memory problems. Follow-up searching identified a further 11 studies for the critical interpretive synthesis. The descriptive review identified multiple barriers to efficient diagnosis, starting with patient reluctance to seek help. General practitioners have a variety of cognitive tests available, but substantial numbers of patients meeting criteria for dementia do not have a diagnosis recorded. Patients may be referred to a memory clinic, but these clinics are mainly intended to identify and support people with dementia, and people with mild cognitive impairment may be discharged back to their general practitioner until symptoms worsen. Availability of scanning and biomarker tests is patchy. Qualitative studies show that patients with mild cognitive impairment and their carers find the process of investigation and diagnosis difficult and frustrating to negotiate. The key finding from the critical interpretive synthesis was that the need for a ‘timely’ diagnosis outweighs the ongoing debate about the value, or otherwise, of early investigation and labelling of memory problems. Determining what is a timely diagnosis involves balancing the perspectives of the patient, the health system and the clinician. Conclusions The two reviews reported here have applied different ‘lenses’ to the same body of evidence. Taken together, the reviews highlight the importance of a timely diagnosis for memory problems and identify barriers to obtaining such a diagnosis, from reluctance to seek help through to patchy availability of advanced diagnostic tests. Limitations The review was primarily descriptive, reflecting the prespecified review questions. Study selection was complicated by lack of a consistent definition of mild cognitive impairment and its overlap with other memory disorders. It was not possible to employ double study selection, data extraction or quality assessment, although processes of checking and verification were used throughout the review. Future work Priorities include evaluating remote methods of memory assessment and preparing for the likely future availability of disease-modifying treatments for early dementia. Research is needed on the investigation of memory problems in hospital and social care settings. Study registration This study is registered as PROSPERO CRD42021232535. Funding This project was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme and will be published in full in Health and Social Care Delivery Research; Vol. 10, No. 10. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

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Section: Synthesising Argument For Diagnosis Of Mild Cognitive Impair...mentioning

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Assessment and management pathways of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: descriptive review and critical interpretive synthesis

Chambers

Cantrell

Sworn

2022

Health Soc Care Deliv Res

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Practical Support for Caregivers in Navigating Financial Issues Associated With Dementia

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Assessment and management pathways of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: descriptive review and critical interpretive synthesis

Assessment and management pathways of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: descriptive review and critical interpretive synthesis

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