CPD module: dementia

After completing this module, you should be more aware of:

• the range of dementia conditions
• how widespread dementia is
• what differentiates dementia from delirium
• risk factors associated with increased risk of developing dementia
• some conditions which may sometimes be considered as ‘reversible dementia’
• drugs which may cause cognitive impairment
• types of brain protein of interest in dementia
• debate about whether amyloid plaques and tau protein neurofibrillary tangles are a cause or an effect of Alzheimer’s disease
• theories about the potential significance of amyloid beta 42 protein
• differences in early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies
• core drug treatment
• other drug treatments for behavioural and other aspects of dementias