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Info Page Tag: Info Page. Treatment and support for frontotemporal dementia There is currently no cure for frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and its progression cannot be slowed down by medicines. However there are many ways to help a person with FTD live with a diagnosis. Read more
Info Page Tag: Info Page. Refusing to take medication Sometimes, people with dementia refuse to take their prescribed medication. It is important not to assume that the person is just being ‘difficult’. Read more
Info Page Tag: Info Page. Antipsychotic medication From our winter 2016 issue of Care and Cure magazine, find out more about new information that is shedding light on how antipsychotics prescribing needs to change. Read more
Info Page Tag: Info Page. Antipsychotics and other drug approaches in dementia care Antipsychotic drugs may be prescribed for people with dementia who develop changes such as aggression and psychosis. However this is usually only after other drugs have been tried such as anti-depressant, anti-dementia and anticonvulsant drugs. Read more
News Tag: News. NHS Digital has published dementia and antipsychotic drug prescription data for first time – Alzheimer’s Society comments The data has been published as part of an expansion of the monthly Recorded Dementia Diagnoses report, and accounts for figures submitted by 98.8% of GPs in England. Read more