5 on 5 – Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Resources

Happy New Year! For January we’ve selected 5 online resources relevant to Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.

1. How to Handle Challenging Behaviours in People with Dementia: A guide for caregivers and family members

This tool from Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital Reitman Centre for Alzheimer Support and Training outlines many causes and potential solutions for challenging behaviours.

2. Alzheimer’s Training for Health Care Providers

The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has made eight free CE webcasts available online:

• • • • Non-AD Dementias: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Frontotemporal Dementia and Vascular Dementia, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research Advances
      • End Stage Dementia and End-of-Life Care
      • Safety Precautions in Older Patients: Medications, Driving Risks, and Home Environment
      • Confidentiality and Privacy of Health Information
      • Recognizing Medical Conditions that Mimic Dementia
      • The Docs Talk About Memory Loss: Is it Normal Aging or Alzheimer’s Disease?
      • Breaking News On the Horizon: How Close Are We to Curing Alzheimer’s?
      • Supporting Family Caregivers and Underserved Populations in Providing Care for Patients with Alzheimer’s

3. Evaluating Dementia Services and Supports: Instrument Resource List (2018)

This document provides a detailed list of validated evaluation instruments for community-based dementia programs that are available at nominal or no cost (permissions maybe required). Prepared for Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

4. Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia: WHO guidelines (2019)

The “WHO guidelines provide the knowledge base for health care providers, governments, policy-makers and other stakeholders to reduce the risks of cognitive decline and dementia through a public health approach.”

5. Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care (2016)

“This nursing Best Practice Guideline … is to be used by nurses and other members of the interprofessional health-care team to enhance the quality of their practice pertaining to delirium, dementia, and depression in older adults, ultimately optimizing clinical outcomes through the use of evidence-based practices”.

February’s 5 on 5 features Heart Health!  Do you have a suggestion for future 5 on 5 topics? Let us know with an email to mhiknet@umanitoba.ca