Best Practices in Dementia Care: The Do's and Don'ts

CALTCM Webinar:

Best Practices in Dementia Care:  The Do's and Don'ts

Jay Luxenberg, MD and Janice Hoffman, PharmD
February 11, 2016 1:00-2:00pm PST
 

Learning Objectives

Dementia in the Nursing Home
by Jay S. Luxenberg, MD

By participating in this webinar participants will have the ability to:

•Understand the value of making a diagnosis of etiology for management of dementia
•Recognize how describing a troublesome behavior is one of the first steps in managing it
•Describe the “ABC”s of behavior management
•Perform a Risk of Harm assessment to be able to correctly determine the risk/benefit ratio of proposed interventions
Best Practices in Dementia Care: Antipsychotic Use 

by Janice Hoffman, PharmD, CGP, FASCP

By participating in this webinar participants will have the ability to:
•Overview of the role for Antipsychotics in Dementia
•Explain a best practice for transferring a patient from the acute hospital to a SNF with an antipsychotic order
•Describe best practice for behavior monitoring with antipsychotic medications
•Monitor effect and side effects of antipsychotic drugs
•Identify alternative non-antipsychotic medications

Disclosure Statement

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Accreditation Statement

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

California Association of Long Term Care Medicine is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

California Association of Long Term Care Medicine designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

This course complies with Assembly Bill 1195 Continuing Education: Cultural and Linguistic Competency.

Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)

The California Association of Long Term Care Medicine (CALTCM) is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider #CEP-16690). This activity has been approved for up to 1 contact hour.

 

 

              
This webinar is sponsored by the California Partnership to Improve Dementia Care,
facilitated by the California Culture Change Coalition through CMS funding
For more information, visit: dementiacareresourceCA.org.