Delirium, Dementia And Depression In The Long-Term Care Setting
Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical AssociationPublished: July 1, 2019
- Key Points
- Clinical Frailty Scale
- Definitions
- Table: Distinguishing the 3D's
- DELIRIUM
- Tables
- Predisposing Factors or Vulnerability
- Precipitating Factors or Noxious Insults
- Medications Commonly Associated with Delirium
- Non-Pharmacologic Delirium Prevention (based on the HELP program)
- CAM
- Diagnostic Test Options to Help Assess the Causes of Delirium
- Tables
- DEMENTIA
- Tables
- Neurological Conditions in Which Cognitive Function is Affected
- Behaviors That May Suggest Dementia
- Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Frontotemporal Dementia
- Dementia with Lewy Bodies vs. Parkinson's disease with Dementia
- Common Types of Dementia
- Activities of Daily Living
- Selected Screening Tools for Cognitive Impairment
- Functional Assessment Staging Scale (FAST) - 7 stages
- DICE Approach
- Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia
- Tables
- DEPRESSION
- Tables
- Psychotherapy vs. Psychosocial Treatment Modalities
- Classes of Anti-depressants with Potential Side Effects, Advantages, and Additional Consideration
- Commonly Used Antidepressant Dosing
- Phases of Major Depression Disorder
- Tables
- Appendices
- Antipsychotic Agents
- Side-Effect Profile of Common Antipsychotic Medications
- Non-Pharmacological Management of Agitation
- 3D's Quality Performance Measures
- Cornell Scale For Depression In Dementia (CSDD)
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
- CMS Regulations Regarding PRN use of Psychotropic Medications
- PHQ-9-OV
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