Lists of books and journal articles can be found on my bibliographies and reading lists page - on mental disorders in older people on geriatric psychiatry (Medline differentiates between geriatric psychiatry - the medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in older people - and the disorders themselves) on Alzheimers disease, on dementia, and on mental health services for older people

For practice guidelines related to geriatric psychiatry click here.

Abstracts of reviews from the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group are on my evidence-based mental health page

Library members have online access to a number of journals in this area. A selection of titles is listed below.

Age and Ageing
Ageing and Society
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Geriatrics and Gerontology International
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
International Psychogeriatrics
Psychogeriatrics

Australian Links

About Dementia and Memory Loss
Basic information from Alzheimer's Australia.

Access Economics :: Publications & Reports – Dementia
A series of reports from Access Economics, an Australian economics consulting firm. Most of the reports were commissioned by Alzheimer's Australia.

Adapting the Ward - For People With Dementia
By Richard Fleming,Ian Forbes, and Kirsty Bennett. New South Wales Department of Health, 2003. This manual, which includes an Audit Tool, provides staff and management of small rural hospitals with the opportunity to apply ten principles aimed at improving the environment for people with dementia.

All In The Mind - 25 June 2005 - Dementia (Part 1) - Dancing With Dementia: Christine Bryden's Story
All In The Mind - 2 July 2005 - Dementia (Part 2) - Cell Therapies on the Cutting Edge
All In The Mind - 12 November 2005 - Grandad is an artist! Dementia and the creative mind.
All In The Mind - 6 May 2006 - Mind your mind: Alzheimer's disease
Transcripts and audios from All in the Mind, a series on ABC Radio National. Other programs can be found here

Delirium in Older People
By Stephen Harding. Project and Editorial Support by: Lynne Barnes and Eimear Muir-Cochrane. Online Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2006.

Dementia Estimates and Projections: Australian States and Territories.
A report by Access Economics Pty. Ltd. for Alzheimer's Australia, February 2005.

Dementia Initiative - Series Overview
The Australian Government has funded the Rural Health Education Foundation to produce a series of educational television broadcasts to assist GPs, geriatricians, aged care workers and other primary healthcare professionals across all settings to better understand and deliver quality care and support to people living with dementia, their carers and families. Podcasts of the programs can be downloaded, and all 5 programs are available free as DVDs or videos.

Future Directions for Dementia Care and Support in NSW 2001-2006
Sydney, Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care 2002.

Health Report - Alzheimer's and Dementia
Transcripts from Radio National's Health Report, with Norman Swan.

The Impact of Dementia on the Health and Aged Care Systems
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, June 2004.

Victoria's Mental Health Service: The Framework for Service Delivery: Aged Persons Services
Published by the Psychiatric Services Division, Victorian Government Department of Health and Community Services, 2000(?)

Overseas Links

Alzheimer's Disease (Senile Dementia/Alzheimer's Type (SDAT))
General information from 1UP Health, a private health company.

Alzheimer's Disease: A Status Report For 2002
By Agnes Heinz, based on a scientific review paper by John P Blass. American Council on Science and Health, October 2002.

Alzheimer's Disease Publications
From the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center's website. The ADEAR Center is a service of the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The NIA is one of the National Institutes of Health under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
You will find both technical reports and fact sheets at this site.

Better Prepared to Care The training needs of non-specialist staff working with older people with mental ill health
Report of a study conducted by Ros Levenson and Nikki Joule. London, Mental Health Foundation, 2007. This report considers the training needs of non-specialist staff working with older people with mental ill health.

BPSD: Introduction to Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia(Revised)
From the International Psychogeriatric Association.

Dementia Services Development Centre Publications
Links to publications from the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling. These publications are no longer available in print, but continue to provide relevant information on dementia care.

Dementia UK: The Full Report
A report into the prevalence and cost of dementia prepared by the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of Economics and the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London, for the Alzheimer’s Society, 2007.

Design for Dementia
From the Center for Health Design in the United States, a collection of references on the design of special units for patients with dementia.

Faculty of the Psychiatry of Old Age -The Day Hospital Network
The network was set up by the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry of the Royal College of Psychiatrists as a consequence of the findings of the national survey of day hospitals specialising in older people with mental health problems. A particularly useful feature of this site is the section which provides examples of good practice.

First Signs: Celebrating the achievements of the Dementia Advice and Support Service: a project for people for people in the early stages of dementia
London, Mental Health Foundation, February 2004.

Forget Me Not 2002: Developing Mental Health Services for Older People in England
Published in January 2000, Forget Me Not, set out the Audit Commission's analysis of mental health services for older people in England and Wales. Since then auditors appointed by the Commission have been carrying out local audits of these services. This report summarises the main findings from audits in England.

Integrating Older People: Community Mental Health Teams for Older People: A Commentary and Resource Document.
By Jayne Lingard and Alisoun Milne. Commissioned by the Children, Older People & Social Care Policy Directorate Department of Health, June 2004.

Managing common behavioral problems in dementia
An article by James R. Burke, and Joel C. Morgenlander published in Postgraduate Medicine, 106(5) October 15, 1999. If you would like to search Postgraduate Medicine for additional articles on dementia use the search function on the Past Articles Online page.

MedlinePlus: Alzheimer's Disease
A collection of resources on this topic from MEDLINEplus, the National Library of Medicine's information service for the public.

There is also a MedlinePlus: Alzheimer's Caregivers and a MedlinePlus: Dementia page.

The Mental Health of Older People
By Olga Evans, Nicola Singleton, Howard Meltzer, Robert Stewart, and Martin Prince. A Report based on the analysis of the ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Adults in Great Britain carried out in 2000 for the Department of Health, the Scottish Executive Health Department and the Welsh Assembly Government.Produced by the Social Survey Division of the Office for National Statistics. London, TSO, 2003.

Mental Health Services for Older People: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature
By Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Patricia Rasmussen, and Peter Day.
NZHTA Report, February 2004, vol. 7, no.2
The main function of NZHTA (New Zealand Health Technology Assessment) is to identify effective health care interventions and technologies to facilitate evidence-based policy making and purchasing.

Merck Manual of Geriatrics (Internet Edition)
Editors: Mark H. Beers and Robert Berkow.

Not Forgotten - Report by Multi-Professional Group for Better Services for People with Dementia
This document has been compiled by a multi-professional group led by the Association of Directors of Social Services, with the Royal College of Psychiatry, the Royal College of Nursing and from the National Network of Dementia Services.

Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Against Older People with Mental Disorders
This is a technical consensus statement jointly produced by the Old Age Psychiatry section of the World Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization, with the collaboration of several NGOs and the participation of experts from different Regions. Geneva, WHO - WPA, 2002.

Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry
Edited by Rob Butler, and Brice Pitt. Gaskell, 1998.

WHO: Ageing and Mental Health
Links to the full text of World Health Organization documents on ageing and mental health.

Who cares? Information and support for carers of people with dementia
From the Department of Health in the U.K.

Young Onset Dementia: Epidemiology, Clinical Symptoms, Family Burden ,Support and Outcome
By Richard J Harvey and others. London, Dementia Research Group, Imperial College School of Medicine, 1998.