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 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

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