Dementia Reading List

In English

Abramsky, Oded, et al. Brain Disease: Therapeutic Strategies and Repair (2002). Martin Dunitz Ltd., www.dunitz.co.uk, ISBN 1-84184-040-8.

Barrett JJ, Haley WE, Powers RE. (1996). "Alzheimer's disease patients and their caregivers: medical care issues for the primary care physician." Southern Medical Journal. 89: 1-9.

Canadian Study of Health and Aging Working Group: Canadian Study of Health and Aging: study methods and prevalence of dementia. Can Med Assoc J 1994; 150: 899-913.

Canadian Medical Association, Determining Medical Fitness to Drive: A Guide for Physicians (6th ed.) (2000). ISBN 0-920169-37-6.

Cheok AS, Cohen CA, Zucchero CA. (1997). "Diagnosing and managing dementia patients: practice patterns of family physicians." Canadian Family Physician. 13: 477-482.

Cohen D. (1994). "A primary care checklist for effective family management." Medical Clinics of North America. 78: 795-809.

Cooper JK. (1991). "Alzheimer's disease: answering questions commonly asked by patients’ families." Geriatrics. 46: 38-47.

Erkinjuntti, Timo and Gauthier, Serge (2002). Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Martin Dunitz Ltd., www.dunitz.co.uk, ISBN 1-85317-939-6.

Farcnik K, Persyko M. (2002). "The Presentation of Aphasia in Alzheimer Disease and Other Neurological Disorders." Geriatrics & Aging, Jan/Feb 2002, Vol. 5, Number 1.

Frank C. Dementia with Lewy bodies: Review of diagnosis and pharmacologic management. Canadian Family Physician  Vol 49: October 2003


Gauthier, S. (ed). (2000). Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease (2nd ed)., Martin Dunitz Ltd., www.dunitz.co.uk, ISBN 1-85317-655-9.

Gauthier, S., Cummings, JL. (eds). (2001). Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Annual, Martin Dunitz Ltd., www.dunitz.co.uk, ISBN 1-84184-022-X.

Giacobini, Ezio (2000). Cholinesterases and Cholinesterase Inhibitors. Martin Dunitz Ltd., www.dunitz.co.uk, ISBN 1-85317-910-8.

Glasser M. (1993). "Alzheimer's disease and dementing disorders: practices and experiences of rural physicians." The American Journal of Alzheimer’s Care and Related Disorders and Research. 8: 28-35.

Grunfeld E, Glossop R, McDowell I, Danbrook C. (1997). "Caring for elderly people at home: the consequences to caregivers." Canadian Medical Association Journal. 157: 1101-1105.

Hebert R, Lindsay J, Verreault R, Rockwood K, Hill G, Dubois MF. Vascular dementia: incidence and risk factors in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Stroke 2000; 31: 1487–93).


Inouye SK. Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients: Recognition and risk factors. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 11.

 

Inouye SK, Acampora D, Miller RL, et al. The Yale Geriatric Care Program: A model to prevent functional decline in hospitalized elderly patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1993;41:1345-1352.

 

Inouye SK, Bogardus ST, Charpentier PA, et al: A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients. N Engl J Med 1999; 340:669-676.

 

Inouye SK, Bogardus ST, Baker D, Leo-Summers L, Cooney L. The hospital elder life program: A model of care to prevent cognitive and functional decline in older hospitalized patients. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 2000; 48:1697-1706.

 

Inouye SK, Charpentier PA: Precipitating factors for delirium in hospitalized elderly persons: predictive model and interrelationship with baseline vulnerability. JAMA 1996;275:852-7.

Laurin D, Verreault R, Lindsay J, MacPherson K, Rockwood K (2001). "Physical Activity and Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Elderly Persons," Arch Neurol. 58(3):498-504, ww.archneurol.com.

Law S, Wolfson C. (1995). "Validation of a French version of an informant-based questionnaire as a screening test for Alzheimer's disease." Br J Psychiatry. 167:541-544.

Lehninger FW, Ravindran VL, Stewart JT. (1998) "Management strategies for problem behaviors in the patient with dementia." Geriatrics. 53: 55-75.

Elise J. Levinoff Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Risk Factors. GERIATRICS & AGING • January 2007 • Volume 10, Number 1

Lindsay J, Laurin D, Verreault R, Hebert R, Helliwell B, Hill GB, McDowell I (2002). "Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Analysis from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging," Am J Epidemiol. 156(5):445-53.

Mendez MF, Perryman KM (2002). "Neuropsychiatric features of frontotemporal dementia:evaluation of consensus criteria and review," J Neuropsychiatric Clin Neurosci. Fall;14(4):424-9.

Mittelman MS, Ferris SH, Shulman E. et al. (1996). "A family intervention to delay nursing home placement of patients with Alzheimer Disease." JAMA. 276:1725-31.

Weerasak Muangpaisan.Clinical Differences among Four Common Dementia Syndromes. Geriatrics and Aging Volume 10, Number 7, July-August 2007, Pages 425-429

Orange JB, Molloy DW, Lever JA, Darzins P, Ganesan CR. (1994). "Alzheimer's disease: physician-patient communication." Canadian Family Physician. 40: 1160-1167.

Patterson CJS, Gauthier S, Bergman H, Cohen CA, Feightner JW, Feldman H, Grek A, Hogan DB. (February 2001). "The Recognition, Assessment and Management of Dementing Disorders: Conclusions from the Canadian Consensus Conference on Dementia." The Can J of Neurological Sciences. (Suppl.1-S3-S16).

Perkin, G. David (2001). Neurology in General Practice, Martin Dunitz Ltd., www.dunitz.co.uk, ISBN 1-84184-039-4.

Perry RJ, Miller BL.  Behavior and treatment in Frontotemporal dementia. 2001.  Neurology 56 (Suppl. 4): S46–S51)

Poulin de Courval L, Saroyan A, Joseph L, Gauthier S. (1996). "The competence of family physicians in caring for dementia patients. A survey of general practitioners in Quebec." (Fr). Canadian Family Physician. 42: 1496-502.

Rockwood, K and MacKnight, C. (2001). Understanding Dementia: A Primer of Diagnosis and Management. Pottersfield Press Ltd., Halifax, NS, ISBN 1-895900-15-8.

Sanson-Fisher RW, Hennrikus DJ. (1988). Why do primary care physicians often fail to detect psychological disturbance in their patients? In Henderson AS, Burrows GD, eds. Handbook of Social Psychiatry. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. p245-256.

Scarmeas N., Levy G., Tang M., et al. (2001). Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer's Disease. Neurology. 57:2236-2242. Full text available at www.neurology.org.

Small, G. (2002). The Memory Bible. Hyperion Books. New York, New York. ISBN 0-7868-6826-0.

Snowdon, D. (2001). Aging with Grace -- What the Nun Study Teaches us about Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives. Bantam Books. New York, New York. ISBN 0-553-38092-3.

Solomon PR, Hirschoff A, Kelly B, Relin M, et.al. (1998). Arch. Neurol. 55 : 349-355.

Solomon PR, Pendlebury WW. (1998). "Recognition of Alzheimer’s Disease: the 7 minute screen." Family Medicine. 30: 265-271.

Somerfield MR, Weisman CS, Ury W, Chase GA, Folstein MF. (1991). "Physician practices in the diagnosis of dementing disorders." Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 39: 172-175.

Spooner MA. (1994). "Is it really Alzheimer’s?" Canadian Family Physician. 40: 1141-1145.

Holly A.Tuokko. Everyday Functioning across the Spectrum of Cognitive Impairment . GERIATRICS & AGING March 2007 Volume 10, Number 3

Wills, Adrian and Marsden, C. David (1998). Fifty Neurological Cases from the National Hospital, Martin Dunitz Ltd., www.dunitz.co.uk, ISBN 1-85317.

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In French

Cappeliez P, Quintal M, Blouin M, Gagne S, Bourgeois A, Finlay M, Robillard A. (1996). Psychometric properties of the French version of the Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) in elderly patients evaluated in geriatric psychiatry. (Fr). Canadian Journal of Psychiatry -- Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie. 41: 114-21.

Dupuy C, Tanquerel M. (1996). Dementia and/or depression. (Fr). Soins Gérontologie. (2): 28-9.

Hay-Paquin L, Paquin JP. (1996). The elderly with irreversible deficits. A model of quality of life and quality of nursing care. (Fr). Infirmière du Québec. (3): 35.

Hill G, Forbes W, Berthelot JM, Lindsay J, McDowell I. (1996). Dementia among seniors. Health Reports. 8(2): 7-10 (Eng): 7-11 (Fr).

Petit H, Pasquier F. (1996). Role of Alzheimer’s type dementia among dementias of the elderly. (Fr). Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine. (7): 1715-25.

Poulin De Courval L, Saroyan A, Gauthier S. (1996). Les aptitudes des medecins de famille a soigner les patients atteints de demence. Canadian Family Physician. 42: 1496-1501.

Rochette N, Levesque L .(1996) Placing a relative with irreversible dementia. A difficult decision for the natural caregivers. (Fr). Infirmière du Québec. (3) et (4): 26-33.

Taurand P. (1996). Dementias in the aged. (Fr). Soins Gérontologie. 1: 8-15.

Thomas-Anterion C, Regatti I, Lemesle B, Foyatier-Michel N, Laurent B, Michel D. (1995). Specialized memory consultation and management of dementia syndrome. (Fr). Revue de médecine interne. 4: 255-9.


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