Frontline Tools: Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Older Adults

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on Oct 25, 2020 - 3:03pm CDT

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This presentation (1:12:14) is given by Dr. Emily Trittschuh from the Geriatric Research and Education Center at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Trittschuh discusses and characterizes dementia, delirium, and depression. She identifies key similarities and differences between these clinical syndrome, their warning signs, and how to initiate diagnostic work-up.

Source: Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center, 2020.
https://www.nwgwec.org/

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Emily Trittschuh
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