Antipsychotics & Dementia: Managing medications (across Hodges' model)

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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person-centered care, communication	diagnosis medication management assessment - review premature deaths, stroke side-effects observation Anti-psychotics: Traditional - 1st generation Atypical - 2nd generation de-prescribing pain, analgesia,  research anti-depressant cholinesterase inhibitors titration trial reduction avoid benzodiazepines if possible
Team working, collaborative care, family nursing homes challenging behaviours - shouting, aggression, psychosis, agitation Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) psychosocial interventions, reassuring staff, knowledge and skills	Policy, Reports, Governance, Audit, Consent, Capacity, Consultation, Multi-disciplinary approach, institutions, choice

My source: AlzheimersAustralia via twitter
https://www.dementia.org.au/