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JAMA: 2012-11-21, Vol. 308, No. 19, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

JAMA: 2012-11-21, Vol. 308, No. 19, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

Update: 2012-12-20
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Interview with Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, author of Nonpharmacologic Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia. Summary Points:



  • Attending to behavioral symptoms is part of comprehensive dementia care and requires ongoing long-term management.

  • Use 6 steps to systematically prevent, assess, manage, eliminate or reduce behavioral symptoms.

  • Use 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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JAMA: 2012-11-21, Vol. 308, No. 19, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

JAMA: 2012-11-21, Vol. 308, No. 19, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview