Establishment of a teaching hospital-based dementia consultation service for rurally-based regional district general hospitals

• Published in: Frontiers in public health Vol. 10; p. 849161
• Main Authors: Schott, Björn H, Voetlause, Jakob Christian, Amoah, Juliana Lisa, Kratzenberg, Alexander, Belz, Michael, Knipper, Tobias, Timäus, Charles, Beskow, Carmen, Sweeney-Reed, Catherine M, Wiltfang, Jens, Radenbach, Katrin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Aged; consultation service; delirium; Delirium - diagnosis; Delirium - psychology; dementia; Dementia - diagnosis; Dementia - psychology; Dementia - therapy; demographic change; Hospitals, General; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Public Health; Referral and Consultation; rural health care; rural hospitals; dementia; rural health care; delirium; rural hospitals; consultation service; demographic change

The treatment of patients with dementia poses a considerable challenge to regional district general hospitals, particularly in rural areas. Here we report the establishment and initial evaluation of a dementia-specific consultation service provided by a teaching hospital-based Psychiatry Department...