Book contents
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Diseases Discussed in the Book
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Missing the Diagnosis Altogether
- Part 2 Misidentifying the Impaired Cognitive Domain
- Part 3 Missing Important Clues in the History
- Part 4 Failure of Pattern Recognition
- Part 5 Difficult-to-Characterize Cognitive/Behavioral Disorders
- Part 6 Clinical Findings That Are Subtle
- Part 7 Misinterpreting Test Results
- Part 8 Attributing Findings to a Known or Suspected Disorder
- Part 9 Missing Radiographic Clues
- Part 10 Management Misadventures
- Case 46 I Don’t Know When to Stop
- Case 47 Is It Still Helping?
- Case 48 Caring for the Caregiver
- Case 49 Better Safe than Sorry?
- Case 50 Great Expectations
- Case 51 Nothing Can Be Done
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Case 48 - Caring for the Caregiver
from Part 10 - Management Misadventures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2020
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Diseases Discussed in the Book
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Missing the Diagnosis Altogether
- Part 2 Misidentifying the Impaired Cognitive Domain
- Part 3 Missing Important Clues in the History
- Part 4 Failure of Pattern Recognition
- Part 5 Difficult-to-Characterize Cognitive/Behavioral Disorders
- Part 6 Clinical Findings That Are Subtle
- Part 7 Misinterpreting Test Results
- Part 8 Attributing Findings to a Known or Suspected Disorder
- Part 9 Missing Radiographic Clues
- Part 10 Management Misadventures
- Case 46 I Don’t Know When to Stop
- Case 47 Is It Still Helping?
- Case 48 Caring for the Caregiver
- Case 49 Better Safe than Sorry?
- Case 50 Great Expectations
- Case 51 Nothing Can Be Done
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
This 76-year-old right-handed man with an amnestic presentation, suspicious for Alzheimer disease and diagnosed 5 years earlier, returned to the clinic for follow-up. Although he initially experienced improvement with donepezil, his cognition progressively declined over the following three years. In the last six months, his wife, who was his primary caregiver, noted that he was more forgetful and repetitive. However, now when he misplaced objects (e.g., wallet, books), he became convinced that the lost objects were stolen, even when the missing items were found and shown to him. Her repeated attempts to reassure him that the objects were merely misplaced triggered agitation and confusion. No threatened or real physical aggression ensued. In the office, he had no recollection of the events. He was oriented to place and person. His speech was fluent and his discourse was circumlocutory. The remainder of the exam was unremarkable.
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- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral NeurologyA Case-Based Approach, pp. 155 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020