1. Addressing Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients With Dementia

3. Program Overview

4. Six Primary Goals of Dementia Care

5. Setting the Stage Behaviors Will Differ Among Families – Case 1

6. Setting the Stage Behaviors Will Differ Among Families – Case 2

7. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

8. NPS Are Nearly Universal Across the Disease Etiology and Trajectory

9. NPSs Have Negative Consequences

10. Treatment Pharmacologic Approaches

11. Drugs and NPSs

13. Investigate Underlying Causes

14. Create a Person-Centered Treatment Plan

15. Examples of Targeted Strategies

16. Evaluate Treatment Plan

17. Team Approach Whose Responsibility Is It?

18. Treatment Goal Helping Caregivers: What Is the Caregiver's Capacity?

19. Acute Illness Leading to Hospitalization

20. Hospitalization of Patients With Dementia

21. Hospitalization of Patients With Dementia (cont)

22. Recognition of Delirium

23. Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Adverse Outcomes

24. Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Management Strategies

25. Pearls for Prevention of Delirium in Persons With Dementia

26. Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP)

27. Treatment Goal Detecting and Managing Comorbidities

28. Treatment Goal Detecting and Managing Comorbidities (cont)

29. Returning Home

30. Key Messages Lessons Learned

31. CMS Codes for Patient Management

32. Abbreviations