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Chapter 8. Clinical Features of Severe Dementia: Staging

  1. Alistair Burns5,
  2. Bengt Winblad6
  1. Barry Reisberg1,
  2. Jerzy Wegiel2,
  3. Emile Franssen1,
  4. Sridhar Kadiyala1,
  5. Stefanie Auer3,
  6. Liduïn Souren1,
  7. Marwan Sabbagh4,
  8. James Golomb1

Published Online: 19 SEP 2006

DOI: 10.1002/0470010568.ch8

Book Title

Severe Dementia

Severe Dementia

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How to Cite

Reisberg, B., Wegiel, J., Franssen, E., Kadiyala, S., Auer, S., Souren, L., Sabbagh, M. and Golomb, J. (2006) Clinical Features of Severe Dementia: Staging, in Severe Dementia (eds A. Burns and B. Winblad), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470010568.ch8

Editor Information

  1. 5

    Department of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Education and Research Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester M23 9Lt, UK

  2. 6

    Division of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Neurotec B 84, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Psychiatry, Aging and Dementia Research Center, NYU Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA

  2. 2

    Institute for Basic Research, Staten Island, New York, USA

  3. 3

    Morbus Alzheimer's Society, Lindaustrasse 28, A 4820 Bad Ischl, Austria

  4. 4

    The Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research, Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 19 SEP 2006
  2. Published Print: 21 APR 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470010549

Online ISBN: 9780470010563

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Keywords:

  • severe dementia phase;
  • Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR);
  • stages of Severe Dementia;
  • Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) system (GDS/FAST);
  • FAST staging procedure

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Definition of Severe Dementia

  • Time course and stages of Severe Dementia

  • Clinical features of Severe Dementia

  • Utility of staging in dementias other than Alzheimer's disease

  • Utility of staging in the differential diagnosis of dementia

  • Utility of staging in the identification of excess medical disability

  • Conclusion

  • Acknowledgements

  • References

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