Expert Consensus on the Care and Management of Patients with Cognitive Impairment in China
1 The 305 Hospital of People’s Liberation Army, Beijing 100017, China
2 The Second Medical Center, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
3 Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
4 The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 630014, China
5 The Second Medical Center, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
6 Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen 518020, China7 Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China
8 The 960th Hospital of People’s Liberation Army, Taian 271000, China
9 The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
10 HuanHu Hospital of Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
Abstract
The cognitive disease consensus was prepared by panels of health and public representatives based on actual clinical practice in Geriatric Departments in Chinese hospitals and a systematic literature review. This consensus reflects the medical knowledge accumulated by those experts and provides information about professional medical care and advice. A multidisciplinary panel of specialists (neurologists, psychiatrists, and nursing specialists) reports an expert consensus on the medical knowledge accumulated from those experts and provides information about professional medical care and advice. The recommendations focus on the care and management of older adults with mild cognitive impairment, the objectives and methods of maintaining cognition and training, the assessments and measures of daily care for patients at different stages of dementia, the assessments and coping strategies for the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, principles and suggestions for an appropriate living environment, arrangements for recreational activities, the care and management of patients with end-stage dementia, and suggestions for addressing stress in caregivers.
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