Dementia: A Practical Guide

Abstract

Reviews the book "Dementia: A Practical Guide," by Marc E. Agronin. This book is ideally suited for psychiatric residents, primary care physicians, psychiatric nurse practitioners, nursing students, and those medical and nursing staff in the long-term care setting. The book provides an excellent resource for busy practitioners in need of quick information on dementia. The number of people in the United States with a diagnosis of dementia continues to grow in both number and overall percentage of medical diagnoses. Dementia research has made major strides within the last decade, and this explosive growth is expected to continue for the next decade. With this vast amount of knowledge of various types of progressive and nonprogressive cognitive impairment, it is important to have resources available that can aid in our quick acquisition of knowledge to assist us in patient care. This book provides a means of easily extracting information from its 4 sections and detailed appendices. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)