December 2012 Author in the Room® Teleconference
Authors: Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, Helen C. Kales, MD, and Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS
Article: Evidence-Based Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia Using Nonpharmacologic Approaches
Summary Points:
- Attending to behavioral symptoms is part of comprehensive dementia care and requires ongoing long-term management
- Use six steps to systematically prevent, assess, manage, eliminate, or reduce behavioral symptoms
- Use a combination of nonpharmacologic approaches
- Keep trying; nonpharmacologic approaches are relatively adverse free
- Create a health professional team to offset time needed for provision of nonpharmacologic approaches