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1Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland. o_connor_ciara@hotmail.com
Background:
Dementia patients in Ireland live 8 years on average after diagnosis and health policy aims to ensure patients are cared for in the home for as long as possible.
Aim:
To assess the role of general practitioners in Ireland caring for dementia carers.
Methods:
A PubMed search (1980-2010) was performed using MeSH terms "caregivers or carers", "Dementia or Alzheimer's disease", "family physician or general practitioner". An English language restriction was imposed and the search continued to June 24th 2010.
Results:
Psychosocial multidisciplinary interventions that unite education, skills training, management of psychological problems and family support in the community are effective in managing the problems of carers and should be facilitated by general practitioners.
Conclusions:
Dementia carers form an important yet understated patient group who present unique challenges for general practitioners in Ireland.
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