Learning Session 3: Psycho-pharmacology in the Long-Term Care Setting
In this session, a geriatric psychiatrist provides detailed information on common drugs used in the long-term care setting including the on-/ off- label uses, side effects, risks, and strategies for discontinuation of each.
Objectives:
- Describe the psychotropic drug treatment of the elderly patient
- Address on- and off- label uses of psychotropic drugs
- Review the efficacy and risk data on use of antipsychotics in elderly patients
- Discuss dosing strategies for antipsychotics in the elderly
- Discuss the discontinuation strategies for antipsychotics in the elderly
- Introduce alternatives to antipsychotics for management of behavioral disturbances that do not respond to behavioral management strategies alone
Presenters:
Paul Newhouse, MD
Warren Taylor, MD
Available Webinars:
Learning Session 1:
Introduction to Dementia Care and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement
Learning Session 2:
Understanding Dementia and the Nature of Behavioral Disturbances
Learning Session 3:
Psycho-pharmacology in the Long-Term Care Setting
Learning Session 4:
Principles of Non-Pharmacologic Management and the Formulation of Behavioral Care Plans
Learning Session 5:
The Implementation of Behavioral Care Plans and the Management of Pharmacological Approaches
Learning Session 6:
Addressing Barriers to Change: The Perspective of Psychiatry, Nursing and Medical Directors
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