Dementia

General overview of dementia syndromes.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

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regional clinical guidance

Dementia: guidance by region

Recommendations, thresholds and pathways can differ. Open the page written for the jurisdiction you need.

United StatesCognitive decline and dementia diagnostic evaluationNeurology · reviewed 2026-08-20 CanadaDementia — recognition, assessment, and early management: evidence and source overviewNeurology · reviewed 2026-08-20 AustraliaDementia — recognition, assessment, and early managementNeurology · reviewed 2026-08-20

Clinical Guidelines

A European Academy of Neurology guideline on medical management issues in dementia

National Clinical Guideline No. 21

NICE guideline [NG97]

NICE guideline [NG97]: Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers

NICE guideline [NG97]: Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers

SIGN 168: Assessment, diagnosis, care and support for people with dementia and their carers

AAFP and ACP Guideline on Dementia Treatment

Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation of Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation of Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation of Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Clinical practice with anti-dementia drugs: A revised (third) consensus statement from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

Clinical practice with anti-dementia drugs: A revised (third) consensus statement from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians

Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care (RNAO Best Practice Guideline)

International Summit Consensus Statement: Intellectual Disability and Dementia

Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia (2016) - American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline