Pathways to care for people with dementia: An international multicentre study.
Umberto VolpeHania AminOlatunde O AyindeAlistair BurnsWai Chi ChanRenaud DavidSlavica Djukic DejanovicGorica DjokicDefne EraslanGiulia A L FischerPatricia Gracia-GarcíaSyed Usman HamdaniByung-Joo HamHussain JafriRoy A KallivayalilRoderick Leonard KriekaartEe Heok KuaLinda C W LamDusica Lecic-TosevskiIracema LeroiAntonio LoboAdriana MihaiFareed Aslam MinhasHeena MistryAfolakemi T OgundeleMarcel G M Olde RikkertJavier OliveraClaudia PalumboAngela ParkerBojana PejuskovicFlorian RiesePhilippe RobertMaya SemrauGabriela StoppeSanu SudhakarAndreea Raluca TirinticaSehrish TofiqueChris TsoiLucas WolskiIrem YalugHua-Li WangXin YuNorman SartoriusPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2019)
The study of pathways followed by PwD to reach specialized care has implications for the subsequent course and the outcome of dementia. Insights into local differences in the clinical presentations and the implementation of currently available dementia care are essential to develop more tailored strategies for these patients, locally, nationally, and internationally.