British Psychological Society Faculty for Psychology of Older People and NDAA

In November 2013 NDAA member the British Psychological Society shared a series of resources that provided information around diagnosis of dementia and how best to support people before and after. Considered in the papers provided were  counselling prior to assessment, how the assessment should be conducted, interventions professionals can make and the perspective of someone living with dementia among other topics.

Click below to access these documents:

Pre-diagnostic counselling and consent

Cognitive assessment

Communicating Diagnosis

Psychosocial Interventions

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Compendium of Psychosoc Interventions