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

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.

Source: JAMA Author in the Room - December 20, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts