BPSD Algorithm
The BC BPSD Algorithm is a practical, electronic and interactive tool that supports interdisciplinary, evidence-based, person-centred care for persons with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
Practice Recommendations for Initiation, Titration and Tapering of Antipsychotic Medications
This decision support tool helps guide clinicians to initiate, titrate, reduce and monitor antipsychotic medications and is a resource meant to accompany the BC BPSD Algorithm.
When Psychosis Isn’t the Diagnosis: A Toolkit for Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Long Term Care
This toolkit supports interventions to reduce the excessive use of antipsychotic medications in long-term care homes.
A Dementia Roadmap for Practitioners
A roadmap for outlining the stages of dementia – symptoms, sign-posts, good questions and tasks for the practitioner.
Guidelines for the Recognition, Diagnosis and Management of Cognitive Impairment
This guideline provides recommendations for adults 19 years or older within the primary care setting. It focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia seen in primary care. The guideline encourages early recognition and assessment of dementia and supports the development of a care plan that includes the identification of community resources for patients and caregivers.
Putting the PIECES Together in the Health Care Maze
A story illustrating the benefits of the PIECES (Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Capabilities, Environment, Social) framework, a tool created in Canada for those who work with older adults who have complex health issues.
You Decide Sheet for Antipyschotics in Treatment of BPSD in Elderly
Shared Care’s Polypharmacy Risk Reduction Initiative created this evidence-based summary which has been reviewed by an expert clinical advisory group to inform medication reviews and decision making
Best Practices Guide for Safely Reducing Anti-Psychotic Drug Use in Residential Care
The BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) has developed this guide to help long-term care providers reduce the use of anti-psychotic drugs in their long-term care homes.
“It’s Your Medicine, What Shall We Do With It?”
The Health Foundation published a short video about a medication review project in the UK that “brings together care home residents, their families and health professionals to ensure residents are getting the right mix of medications.” Among the project’s achievements is reducing the amount of medicine prescribed to residents by 17%.
Use of Antipsychotics in Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) Discussion Guide
This tool is designed to help providers understand, assess and manage residents in long-term care homes with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (responsive behaviours), with a focus on antipsychotic medications. It was developed as part of the Centre for Effective Practice’s Academic Detailing Service for long-term care homes. This tool integrates best-practice evidence with clinical experience, and makes reference to relevant existing tools and services wherever possible.
Agitation in Dementia: Quantifying the Effects of Antipsychotics
This document answers the question: What are the benefits and harms of antipsychotics for agitation in dementia?
Evidence Summary: Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in the Elderly
Most people with dementia will experience BPSD at least once during the course of their disease. The focus of this document is on the behavioural component.