ABSTRACT
The term ‘management’ should be distinguished from ‘treatment’ in the context of this book: the former seeks to maintain current medical and psychological states in the patient, while the latter infers an approach or intervention, rather than a coping strategy. The two terms probably blend together when considering the longer-term care of a person with dementia, in that ‘treatment’ often becomes a longterm approach, which in turn ‘manages’ the condition. However, for the purposes of this book, ‘management’ will refer to maintenance of the person’s overall welfare and stability, both medically and psychologically. Sometimes, the term ‘coping’ is preferred and subsumes both ‘management’ and ‘treatment’.
