Dr Matthew CroucherPsychiatrist

CDHB, University of Otago, Christchurch

9:00 - 9:25 Don’t Bother Diagnosing Dementia - There's Nothing You

Can Do and It Just Upsets People

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Don’t bother diagnosing dementia – there’s nothing you can do and

it just upsets people.

Dr Matthew Croucher

CDHB / Otago School of Medicine

Don’t bother diagnosing dementia – there’s nothing you can do and

it just upsets people.

Don’t bother diagnosing dementia

– there’s nothing you can do andit just upsets people.

Don’t bother diagnosing dementia

– there’s nothing you can do and it just upsets people.

Don’t bother diagnosing dementia – there’s nothing you can do and

it just upsets people.

A bother?

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Dementia diagnosisand management

fits in primary care

Nothing youcan do?

Many helpfulthings

primary carecan do

??

Too upsetting?

Dementia careis able to be

a goodexperience

!!

Dementia fits in primary care –there’s a lot you can do

and it can be a good experience for people.

Cognitive impairment pathways

Workshops x2 this afternoon:Assessment and management of

dementia in primary care