PERDOSSI recommends care pathways that enable people with dementia (and their families) to have access to assessments through multidisciplinary teams as well as to psychosocial interventions. It is recommended that each patient suspected to have dementia at primary care level should be referred to the specialistic/secondary level of healthcare (neurology/psychiatry/geriatrics) or a memory clinic. Memory clinics should have multidisciplinary teams including neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and (additional) general practitioners, home care workers, nutritionists, social workers, speech therapists, pharmacists, and local Alzheimer group representatives. The guideline does recommend one care provider to be the key care coordinator (PERDOSSI, 2015).

References:

PERDOSSI. (2015). Panduan Praktik Klinik: Diagnosis dan Penatalaksanaan Demensia. PERDOSSI.