This section is for nurse practitioners. This site contains detailed
information about diagnosis and treatment of dementia as well as psychopharmacological
strategies for the treatment of persons with Alzheimer’s disease.
Materials are included in other locations for teaching your families how
to manage persons with dementia.
| 1. | Ten percent of patients over age 65 are demented. |
| 2. | Primary care physicians provide most care for persons with dementia. |
| 3. | Dementia may impair a person’s ability to remember instructions
and report complaints. |
| 4. | New cholinesterase inhibitors slow the progression of Alzheimer’s
disease by up to 2 years |
| 5. | Most of your nursing home patients will be demented |
| 6. | Vascular disease produces a small percentage of dementia, i.e.,
less than 10%. |
| 7. | Federal nursing home regulations control many aspects of prescriptions
for psychoactive medications. |
| 8. | Delirium, a common problem in older patients, is present in 10-20%
of elderly hospital admits. |
| 9. | Most delirium is not recognized during hospital admission. |
| 10. | Unrecognized or untreated delirium increases mortality and institutionalization
of older patients. |
| 11. | Preventive interventions for dementia are the future of treatment.
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| 12 | Medicare pays for mini-mental status screening for dementia. |
