Dementia Reconsidered: Using Medications Wisely
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This presentation (1:57:16 minutes) by Susan Wehry and Sydney P. Sprigner discusses medications and people living with dementia. The session reviews current pharmacologic approaches to the care of persons with dementia, with a special focus on the use and misuse of antipsychotic medications. It also reviews successful non-pharmacological approaches to distress-signal behaviors and a discussion of why reducing antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia remains so important. Deprescribing protocols are made available. Presentation slides are available for download.
Source: AgingME: Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), 2021
https://sites.une.edu/gwep/agingme-gwep-training-videos/
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