Dementia Reconsidered: Using Medications Wisely

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on Dec 20, 2022 - 11:03am CST

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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/

Author(s): 
Susan Wehry
Sydney P. Springer
Link to Resource: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syH_Bin2CBA

https://sites.une.edu/gwep/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2021/06/Dementia-...

https://sites.une.edu/gwep/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2021/06/Deprescri...

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Assessment & Evaluation
Education & Learning
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dementia
treatment
medications
behaviors
symptoms
communications
Management
pharmacological
nonpharmacological
deprescribing
Assessment
Collections: 
Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection
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