Dementia Assessment and Plan

Dementia RX Plan

 History and  Assessment Current  Exam Status and  Staging and Planning
Personal HXNot MR, No Development Delay Estimate level of function for most of adult life Cognitive MOCA or MMSE plus Clock DrawingFamily Planning  
   Barthel  ADL   indexAdvance directives  
DeclineDescribe any changes or decline in function Refer to ADA 8 t/c Simpson Angus or parkinsonism scaleDurable power of attorney
Fam HXFamily History (identify parents, and current sttus or age of death and why) Any dementia in family Attempt to delineate  type of dementia  Health care surrogate
Medical  Neuro :  Cardiac: Diabetes:  malignancy: Renal:  other major medical Physical Trauma FAST staging Functional Assessment of Stages  DementiaFinancial,  placement plans in future
MedicationsNumber of medications Recent changes anticholinergics MEDICATION TREATMENT   Anticholinesterase Inhibitors  AlzOnline for caregivers
Substance Use    
Psychiatric HXEsp Depression,  PTSD,   
     
CAMFor Delirium   
 GDS (geriatric depression scale) If score > 6 evaluate role of depression   
   Discuss Anticholinesterase inhibitors 
   BPSF:  CMAI, Pittsburgh Agitation, NPI 
     
     

Published by Joseph Thornton MD

Teacher, Clinical Supervisor Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry University of Florida Affiliation is for identification only. All content and opinions are my own.

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