Dementia Care in the aCute hospital setting: issues anD ...

Delirium and dementia

Dementia &A 21 For language assistance National ementia elpline 1800 100 500 call 131 450 Delirium and dementia This Q&A sheet provides information about what delirium is, and, how it relates to people with dementia. It describes the causes, consequences, diagnosis and management of delirium. This Q&A

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What is dementia?

Frontotemporal dementia Frontotemporal dementia involves progressive damage to the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain. Symptoms often begin when people are in their 50s or 60s and sometimes earlier. There are two main presentations of frontotemporal dementia – frontal (involving

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Ways of communicating with a person who has dementia

Ways of communicating with a person who has dementia • Card 1: A simple, short well-known phrase. She sells sea shells by the sea shore ... • read what is on the card without anyone else seeing it • whisper what is written on the card to the person next to them • no person can repeat the phrase to their neighbour, that is,

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND DEMENTIA

•Several antidepressants are efficacious in elderly patients with a major depressive episode without psychotic features. •Selection should be based on the best side effect profile and lowest risk of drug-drug interactions. •SSRI’s SNRI’s Mirtazapine and Moclobemide are all relatively safe in the elderly with similar efficacy

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Provide activities to maintain a person’s ability, dignity ...

56 Dementia Learning Resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Facilitators Guide 12.5 Planning and providing activities Planning activities, or activity programming, is essential for the person with dementia. Activity programming includes the following steps: Step 1 Identify

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Dementia Q&A 11 - Diagnostic criteria for dementia

Dementia caused by AD can be further classified as: 1. Probable Alzheimer’s disease dementia , to be diagnosed when the person meets all the core clinical criteria 2.Possible Alzheimer’s disease dementia, to be diagnosed when there is an atypical or mixed presentation 3. Probable or possible Alzheimer’s disease dementia with evidence

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The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS): …

The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is a short cognitive screening instrument designed to minimise the effects of a cultural learning and language diversity on the assessment of baseline cognitive performance. Keywords

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Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS ...

The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS): A Multicultural Cognitive Assessment Scale – (Storey J, Rowland J, Basic D, Conforti D & Dickson H [2004] International Psychogeriatrics, 16(1) 13-31) is a short cognitive screening instrument designed to minimise the effects of cultural learning and language diversity on the

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Dementia Q&A 23 - Souvenaid – a dietary treatment for …

However, there was no change in the Alzheimer ’s Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-cog), a test widely used to assess the effects of Alzheimer’s treatments. Dementia A. 23. Souvenaid – a dietary treatment for mild Alzheimer’s disease Page 3 of 6.

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DEMENTIA AND YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Special thanks to the authors; Adjunct Fellow in Elder Law, Ms Sue Field and Professor Colleen Cartwright who ... Can I change my Power of Attorney arrangements? 11 3. Your legal rights and decision-making in regard to health care and personal decisions 12 ... Do I have the right to consent to, or refuse, medical treatment? 14

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REDUCING RISK OF FALLS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA

Communication How the caregiver communicates with the person they are assisting is an important factor in reducing the risk of falls for people with dementia.

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PHYSICAL RESTRAINT USE ON PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA: …

Falls/related injuries and associated mortality A number of researchers examined the relationship between restraint reduction and injuries/death among

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Case Management of Dementia Residents—

8 Assisted Living Consult May/June 2006 dementia for people 85 and older. Figure 1 shows the projection for the prevalence of AD in this country. Providing adequate care for de-mentia …

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Check for Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for ...

FALLS AT HOME. Each year, thousands of older Americans fall at home. Many of . them are seriously injured, and some are disabled. In 2011, nearly 23,000 people over age

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Keeping Dementia Residents Safe - Assisted Living Consult ...

September/October 2007 Assisted Living Consult 21 dents are viewed as high-risk fall candidates because of their dementia • Extensive and on-going training of all staff (including culinary,

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NTG-EDSD - aadmd.org

NTG-EDSD - page 4 Always been the case but worse New symptom in past year Does not apply (23)Memory Does not recognize familiar persons (staff/relatives/friends)