Abstract
Depression is common in dementia and long term care residents. Clinicians overlook depression in the long term care setting, as detection and management may be made difficult by co-existing cognitive impairment and medical comorbidities. Even when appropriately identified, the evidence for efficacy of pharmacologic treatments for depression in this population is limited, with one study of 98 patients with Alzheimer's or vascular dementia showing a statistically significant reduction in mood symptoms at 4 weeks with 10-30 mg daily of citalopram, but no studies investigating anti-depressant use in frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
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