• Consider patients with co-morbid conditions where the incidence of dementia may be a factor. These include patients with
  • cardiovascular disease and stroke
  • Hungtingdon’s Disease
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • depression.
• Review patient records for drugs commonly prescribed including Donepezil, Rivastigmine and Galantamine.
• Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Technology Appraisal 217 (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2011)

Key questions:

• Are any further investigations required to establish whether dementia is indicated?
• If memory problems, and/or the symptoms of dementia are having an impact on these patients and their carers/families, what information and support do they need? What information or support could the general practice offer, or signpost them to?