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    The status of current clinical practice in diagnosis of young onset dementia in England: findings from The Angela Project

    Carter, Janet, O'Malley, Mary, Campbell, Jackie, Stamou, Vasileios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-8246, La Fontaine, Jenny H, Oyebode, Jan and Parkes, Jacqueline (2020) The status of current clinical practice in diagnosis of young onset dementia in England: findings from The Angela Project. In: Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2020: Clinical Manifestations, 27 July 2020 - 31 July 2020, Online.

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    Abstract

    Background The presentation of dementia in young people is complex and challenging, often resulting in delays in receiving a confirmed diagnosis and appropriate support. A recent Delphi consensus has derived minimum and gold standards for the diagnostic workup that international expert clinicians consider best practice. This presentation will review the results of a large case note audit that assessed compliance with these standards in current UK clinical practice. Method 403 patient records of young people who received a diagnosis of dementia in the last 5 years were audited according to our minimum and gold standards. Records were obtained from memory services within eight different National Health Service locations from across England. Result We found significant differences between the sites in meeting the standards, though all sites had median scores that were below 50% compliance for both the minimum and gold standard. This suggests that current UK assessments fail to reach an acceptable standard. Conclusion Further consultation with clinicians and young people with dementia is necessary to understand local impediments to meeting an acceptable standard and to identify interventions that can lead to improvement.

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