Breaking the news of a dementia diagnosis — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7 minutes after reading time. You are the psychiatry registrar. Both the patient and his wife are in the room.^[1]

Candidate instructions. Break the news of the diagnosis clearly and kindly, in a structured way; respond to emotion without blocking it; address the driving question honestly; agree next steps; check understanding before the bell. Do not lecture; do not collude with "just stress"; do not recite foreign legal section numbers — state that driving notification duties exist and you will check the local requirements with him.^[1][2]