{"title":"Heads-Up! A Caregiver's Perspective on Lewy Body Dementia.","authors":"Freda Spector Warrington","doi":"10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This narrative review takes a personal approach in detailing the progression of cognitive decline in a loved one, and the measures taken to care for the patient. The author provides suggestions for a compassionate care plan and advice for clinicians helpful to both patient and caregiver.</p>","PeriodicalId":50807,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American Journal of Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.08.001","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This narrative review takes a personal approach in detailing the progression of cognitive decline in a loved one, and the measures taken to care for the patient. The author provides suggestions for a compassionate care plan and advice for clinicians helpful to both patient and caregiver.
期刊介绍:
The American Journal of Medicine - "The Green Journal" - publishes original clinical research of interest to physicians in internal medicine, both in academia and community-based practice. AJM is the official journal of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, a prestigious group comprising internal medicine department chairs at more than 125 medical schools across the U.S. Each issue carries useful reviews as well as seminal articles of immediate interest to the practicing physician, including peer-reviewed, original scientific studies that have direct clinical significance and position papers on health care issues, medical education, and public policy.