Workshop
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- Track: Clinical Practice
- CME/CE: 1.0
Sponsored by the Dementia Care and Caregiver Support SIG, Home-Based Primary Care SIG, and Society of General Internal Medicine-AGS SIG
Co-Moderators: Rachel B. R. Chalmer, MD & Maria F. D’Souza, MD, MPH
The session will begin with an introduction and overview of the topic of non-pharmacologic management of distress symptoms in persons living with dementia (PLWD), also known as behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, or BPSD. A brief description will be presented of two leading evidence-based frameworks for non-pharmacologic management of distress symptoms, the DICE (describe, investigate, create, and evaluate) approach and TAP (Tailored Activity Program). A clinical vignette will then be presented for participants to use as the basis for discussion in breakout groups. Learning Objectives: (1) describe the context, etiology and significance of distress symptoms in PLWD; evidence-based frameworks for appropriately utilizing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment strategies; and available resources to assist clinicians in applying non-pharmacologic strategies for distress symptoms in PLWD; (2) apply evidence-based, problem-solving frameworks to a clinical vignette and learn practical, concrete communications skills to bring back to their practices; (3) explain the role of interprofessional teams in the management of distress symptoms in PLWD; (4) create an action plan for mobilizing existing expertise and resources in their current practices and/or teaching roles.
| Applying the DICE Approach in an Interprofessional Memory Clinic Maria D’Souza, MD, MPH & Eileen Callahan, MD |
| Applying the DICE Approach in the Home Katie Wang, MD & Kristina Little, MD |
| Applying the Tailored Activity Program (TAP) in the Home Rachel K. Miller, MD, MSEd & Patricia Harris, MD, MS |
| TAP-Inspired Interventions for Persons Living with Dementia in Long-term Care Settings Gina Tucker-Roghi, OTD, OTR/L, BCG & Sarah Foidel, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA |
| Why Do They Do What They Do? Communication Pearls and Decoding Distress Signals Rollin M. Wright, MD, MS, MPH & Karina M. Berg, MD, MS |