Multimorbidity in people living with dementia

Tomas James Welsh

doi:10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00125

Multimorbidity in people living with dementia

Case Rep Womens Health. 2019 May 22:23:e00125. doi: 10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00125. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Author

Tomas James Welsh^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE), Bath, Somerset, UK.
² Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, Somerset, UK.
³ Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Abstract

•Multimorbidity is typical of the majority of people living with dementia.•Healthcare systems are designed around single organ disease not multimorbidity.•Guidelines for people with multimorbidity and dementia are hampered by a limited evidence base.•Research to underpin new models of care is urgently needed.

Keywords: Aging; Dementia; Multimorbidity.

Publication types

Editorial