Pharmacotherapy of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: state of the art and future progress

R Magierski, T Sobow, E Schwertner… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The core symptoms of different dementia subtypes are the behavioral and psychological
symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and its neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). BPSD symptoms …

The interRAI suite of mental health assessment instruments: an integrated system for the continuum of care

JP Hirdes, C Van Everdingen, J Ferris… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The lives of persons living with mental illness are affected by psychological, biological,
social, economic, and environmental factors over the life course. It is therefore unlikely that …

Terminology and assessment tools of psychosis: A systematic narrative review

N Seiler, T Nguyen, A Yung… - Psychiatry and clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Phenomena within the psychosis continuum that varies in frequency/duration/intensity
have been increasingly identified. Different terms describe these phenomena, however …

Bipolar disorder and manic-like symptoms in Alzheimer's, vascular and frontotemporal dementia: A systematic review

C Elefante, GE Brancati, S Torrigiani… - Current …, 2023 - benthamdirect.com
Background: An increased risk of manic episodes has been reported in patients with
neurodegenerative disorders, but the clinical features of bipolar disorder (BD) in different …

Inter-provincial variation in older home care clients and their pathways: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Canada

L Mitchell, J Poss, M MacDonald, R Burke, JM Keefe - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background In Canada, publicly-funded home care programs enable older adults to
remain and be cared for in their home for as long as possible but they often differ in types of …

Risks and benefits of current and novel drugs to treat agitation in Alzheimer's disease

N Herrmann, HJ Wang, BX Song, KK Bawa… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction At present, no pharmacological interventions have been approved for the
treatment of agitation in Alzheimer's disease (AD), an important neuropsychiatric symptom …

Long-term care resident health and quality of care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a synthesis analysis of Canadian Institute for Health Information data tables

LA Turcotte, C McArthur, JW Poss… - Health Services …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Long-term care (LTC) homes (“nursing homes”) were challenged during the first
year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The objective of this study was to measure the …

Optimizing Practices, Use, Care and Services–Antipsychotics (OPUS-AP) in long-term care centers in Québec, Canada: A strategy for best practices

B Cossette, MA Bruneau, Y Couturier, S Gilbert… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Antipsychotic medications are often used for the first-line management of
behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) contrary to guideline …

Exploring acute care nurses' decision‐making in psychotropic PRN use in hospitalised people with dementia

B Walsh, S Dahlke, H O'Rourke… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To understand how acute care nurses make decisions about
administering “as‐needed”(PRN) psychotropic medications to hospitalised people with …

Development of consumer information leaflets for deprescribing in older hospital inpatients: a mixed-methods study

N Jokanovic, P Aslani, S Carter, M Duong, D Gnjidic… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To develop information leaflets for older inpatients and/or their carers to support
deprescribing of antipsychotics, benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and proton pump inhibitors …