Resources
Resources for General Practice
Face Dementia is a program supporting general practitioners, practice nurses and their teams to improve identification, assessment and management of dementia.
Resources include:
- Assessing for MCI and dementia flowchart
- MCI Immediate and regular review checklist
- Dementia immediate review checklist
- Dementia regular review checklist
- Videos for GPs, practice nurses and medial reception staff
- Medicine Today article: Mild cognitive impairment and dementia: detection and diagnosis (free access for professionals who register with APHRA number)
- Western Victoria GP resource pack
- Western Sydney GP resource pack.
The section below provides previews and descriptions of the tools listed above.
Assessing for MCI and dementia flowchart
The primary care team can use this flowchart when assessing for possible dementia:
MCI immediate and regular review checklist
The general practitioner can use this flowchart for immediate and regular post-diagnostic review of people diagnosed with MCI:
Dementia immediate review checklist
The general practitioner can use this flowchart for immediate post-diagnostic review of people diagnosed with dementia:
Dementia regular review checklist
The general practitioner can use this flowchart for regular post-diagnostic review of people diagnosed with dementia:
Checklist for dementia symptoms and changes (patient handout – not a screening tool)
The general practice team can make this checklist available to patients who have concerns about themselves or family members in relation to changes in thinking or memory:
Mild cognitive impairment and dementia: detection and diagnosis (Medicine Today article)
Read the article in May, 2024 edition of Medicine Today.
NOTE: The Medicine Today Group now offers free online subscriptions to all health and medical practitioners registered with AHPRA. Log in to access all five journals and all articles published from January 2000 until today.
Western Victoria GP Resource Pack
This collation of resources is designed to empower general practitioners, practice nurses, and their teams, to enhance the identification, assessment, and management of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in primary care.
Western Sydney GP Resource Pack
This collation of resources is designed to empower general practitioners, practice nurses, and their teams, to enhance the identification, assessment, and management of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in primary care.
