Aspect of care	Recommendations
Pre‐assessment and communication	Many professionals required over time
	Important to convey the diagnosis to the individual and family and remain open to review and modify this diagnosis
	Important to obtain rapport
	Need to find out what supports are required
	Checking if the individual has capacity
History taking	Collateral history important
	Symptom onset and type
	Frontotemporal dementia symptoms (such as loss of empathy, apathy, behavioural changes)
	Physical health and other medical conditions
	Function: eg, activities of daily living
	Drug and alcohol history
Family history	Obtain a three‐generational history of young‐onset dementia
Physical examination	Including neurological examination
Risk assessment	Occupational risks, driving, other risky behaviour eg, gambling
Psychiatric assessment	Previous psychiatric history and symptoms
	History of learning disability or intellectual disability
Neuroimaging	Magnetic resonance imaging (at the minimum)
Neuropsychological assessment	Screening testing, not just Mini Mental State Examination (eg, ACE‐R or NUCOG)
Palliative care	Support is required from diagnosis to end of life care

ACE‐R = Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised; NUCOG = Neuropsychiatry Unit Cognitive Screening tool.

^*Adapted from O'Malley et al. ²⁵