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This toolkit contains resources to help staff in senior living communities promote nonpharmacologic behavioral health strategies to address behavioral and psychological symptoms of distress (BPSD) that frequently occur in long-term care residential settings, especially among residents with dementia. It is divided into sections that cover the topic of promoting positive behavioral health. The sections include: person-centered philosophy, systems integration issues, evidence-based leadership and direct care giver education programs, behavior assessment tools, clinical decision-making algorithms, evidence-based approaches to ameliorate or prevent BPSD, and crisis response approaches. Through the use of this toolkit, users will grasp a better understanding of the various behaviors that older adult patients experience along with the different care teams that learn to handle these behaviors.

Source: The Commonwealth Fund and The John A. Hartford Foundation.