Delirium, Dementia And Depression In The Long-Term Care Setting
Published: January 2019
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- 58 pages
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What's Inside
Bulk and Institutional Ordering
About the Authors
Additional Information
- 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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The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is the only medical specialty society representing the community of over 50,000 medical directors, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other practitioners working in the various post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC) settings.
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This pocket guide attempts to define principles of practice that should produce high-quality patient care. It is applicable to specialists, primary care, and providers at all levels. This pocket guide should not be considered exclusive of other methods of care reasonably directed at obtaining the same results. The ultimate judgment concerning the propriety of any course of conduct must be made by the clinician after consideration of each individual patient situation. Neither IGC, the medical associations, nor the authors endorse any product or service associated with the distributor of this clinical reference tool.
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- COPD Management in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting
- Delirium, Dementia And Depression In The Long-Term Care Setting
- Diabetes Management Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting
- Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings
- Heart Failure In the Post acute and Long-Term Care Setting
- Pain Management In The Post-Acute And Long-Term Care Setting
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