Dementia update

Presentations

  1. Early screening and assessment in Primary Care – Rebecca Casey
  2. Managing dementia, the next steps – Dr Jan Gregson
  3. Psychological impact of dementia diagnosis on patients, relatives and staff – Dryden Badenoch
  4. Behavioural and psychological symptoms – Adam Sims
  5. Management of late stage dementia – Dr Sandy Macleod

1. Early screening and assessment in Primary Care (30 minutes)
Rebecca Casey

Presentation notes: Early screening and assessment in Primary Care [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Early screening and assessment in Primary Care

2. Managing dementia, the next steps (31 minutes + 28 minutes = 59 minutes)
Dr Jan Gregson

Presentation notes: Managing dementia, the next steps [PDF, 456 KB]

Managing dementia, the next steps, part 1
Managing dementia, the next steps, part 2

3. Psychological impact of dementia diagnosis on patients, relatives and staff (31 minutes + 27 minutes = 58 minutes)
Dryden Badenoch

Presentation notes: Psychological impact of diagnosis [PDF, 7.9 MB]

Psychological impact of dementia diagnosis, part 1
Psychological impact of dementia diagnosis, part 2

4. Behavioural and psychological symptoms (29 minutes + 27 minutes =  56 minutes)
Adam Sims

Presentation notes: Behavioural and psychological symptoms [PDF, 2.3 MB]

Behavioural and psychological symptoms, part 1
Behavioural and psychological symptoms, part 2

5. Management of late stage dementia (25 minutes + 24 minutes = 49 minutes)
Dr Sandy Macleod

Presentation notes: Management of late stage dementia [PDF, 2.4 MB]

Management of late stage dementia, part 1
Management of late stage dementia, part 2

Dementia update

Seminar held 4 August 2017.

Facilitator

Dr Jan Gregson Consultant Physician and Geritrician Whanganui DHB, Advisor PHARMAC Seminars

Invited speakers

Rebecca Casey Nurse Practitioner, Whanganui Regional Health Network

Dryden Badenoch Consultant Clinicial Psychologist, Whanganui DHB

Dr Adam Sims Psychiatrist for Older People, Wellington

Assoc. Prof. Sandy Macleod Psychiatrist and Palliative Care Specialist, Christchurch

These presentations are provided for professional development purposes for the benefit of qualified health practitioners and should not be relied upon for any other purpose. Any opinions offered are those of the presenter or other speaker and do not necessarily represent the views of PHARMAC. PHARMAC accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided.