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Chapter 3 - Young-Onset Dementias

from Section 1 - Epidemiology and Types of Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2020

By
Kate Jefferies  and
Niruj Agrawal
Edited by
Julian C. Hughes  and
Philippa Lilford
Julian C. Hughes
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Philippa Lilford
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, University of Bristol
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Summary

Dementia is stereotypically associated with older people. However, it can affect people in their forties and fifties, or even younger. Currently, even among healthcare professionals, there is a lack of awareness and a dearth of appropriate services for such patients. Despite the attention given to this condition by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, provision of specialist young-onset dementia services in the United Kingdom (UK) remains patchy. Carers and patients often find themselves being passed ‘from pillar to post’ between psychiatry and neurology, and also between adult, old age and liaison psychiatry. The responsibility for identifying available and appropriate help is often left with carers. This leads to unnecessary delays, causes undue distress to patients and places an added burden on carers. The aim of this chapter is to review how things are in the field of young-onset dementia and provide an overview of this important topic.

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Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 38 - 49
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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