Understanding Behaviour: A Clinician's Perspective

02/04/21 • 25 min

Join Colm and Associate Professor Steve MacFarlane, Head of Clinical Services at The Dementia Centre as they discuss the clinical and pharmacological considerations in the treatment of those who are experiencing behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Through a balanced discussion they explore the benefits of non-pharmacological approaches to care compared to anti-psychotic medication, appropriate medication use, the importance of person- centred Care, and the Dementia Support Australia program (DSA).

This episode is sponsored by the HammondCare Foundation.

Find out more about the limiting of drugs in the treatment of changed behaviour in dementia in this article , the Australian Prescriber, and this report.

For information on language and changed behaviour for those with dementia there is the editorial titled ‘Language paradigms when behaviour changes with dementia: BanBPSD’ from the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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This episode is sponsored by the HammondCare Foundation.

Find out more about the limiting of drugs in the treatment of changed behaviour in dementia in this article , the Australian Prescriber, and this report.

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The Dementia Podcast - Understanding Behaviour: A Clinician's Perspective

Transcript

Colm

Hello to you, you're listening to The Dementia Podcast. And I'm your host, Colm Cunningham. It's great to have you with us. Today we're following on from our last podcast, the story of Gina and Gus, by continuing the conversation on understanding changes in behaviour. I'm joined today by Professor Steve McFarlane. Now Steve's our head of clinical services here at the Dementia Centre. One of the programs he has clinical oversight for is the Dementia Support Australia