FAMILY GUIDE
Talking to a parent who does not accept help
An eight-page guide to the first conversation, and what to avoid saying.
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GERIATRIC MEDICINE · CLINICAL LEAD
“Most families arrive after a fall or a wandering episode. The goal is not to make dementia disappear — it is to make the day safe and the night quiet.”
Dr. Islam leads the clinical governance of every Senior Care care plan. Each new resident is assessed in person — cognition, mobility, continence, nutrition, medication and behavioural risk — and the resulting plan is written in plain language so the family can hold us to it.
His particular focus is deprescribing. Most residents arrive on eight to fourteen medicines, several of which no longer serve a purpose and some of which cause the falls or confusion the family blames on ageing. Reviews start there, in coordination with the prescribing consultants.
| 2019 – present | Clinical Lead, Senior Care — governance of all residential and home care plans |
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| 2014 – 2019 | Consultant Physician, geriatric unit, private tertiary hospital, Dhaka |
| 2011 – 2014 | Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi |
| 2007 – 2011 | Residency, Internal Medicine, BSMMU Dhaka |
Dr. Islam runs the internal dementia-training curriculum every Senior Care caregiver completes, and writes the family guides in our resource library.
FAMILY GUIDE
An eight-page guide to the first conversation, and what to avoid saying.
Read the guide →FAMILY GUIDE
How a deprescribing review works, and what to bring to it.
Read the guide →THE CLINICAL TEAM
Dr. Farzana Akter
Clinical Psychology · family counselling
Dr. Asif Khan
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
Dr. Rafiqul Islam
Palliative Medicine
Nasima Begum
Nurse Manager · memory care