The new Clinical Practice Guideline for Dementia details the optimal diagnosis and management in community, residential and hospital settings. The guidelines have been approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The guidelines provide 109 recommendations, categorised as evidence-based recommendations (formulated after a systematic review of the evidence), consensus-based recommendations (formed where a systematic review has failed to identify sufficient studies to inform a recommendation) and practice points (based on expert opinion).
The guidelines recommend a systematic approach to diagnosing dementia; this includes patient and informant history taking, cognitive assessment, medication review, blood tests and computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging to exclude other cerebral pathologies.
The full guidelines can be accessed via the Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines portal .
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