Geropsychiatric Education Program

Educational Resources

Educational Downloads

Dementia:

• Fact sheet: Alzheimer Dementia, Mixed Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia
• 3D’s Comparison (VIHA)
• ABCDE Model for Dementia Care
• Quick Reference Guide: Dementia
• 4 Steps to Better Communication with Persons with Dementia
• Tips for Successful Communication
• Strategies for Improving Communication
• Clinical stages of Alzheimer Disease: Comparison to MMSE and CAPS
• Pain Assessment Tool for the Cognitively Impaired
• Comforting Clients in End-Stage Dementia

Depression:

• Quick Reference Guide: Depression
• Cornell Scale for Assessing Depression in Dementia
• Suicide Assessment in Older Adults
• Screening Tool for Assessing Depression in Older Adults: SIG: ECAPS
• Suicide Risk Factors: SAD PERSONS
• Short and Long Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
• Suicide Cues in the Elderly

Delirium:

• Quick Reference Guide: Delirium
• Delirium Screening: PRISME (adapted from VIHA)
• Medications That Can Cause a Delirium
• Delirium Screening: CAMI Tool (VIHA)
• Responding to Delusions and Hallucinations

Managing Difficult Behaviours:

• Behaviour Escalation Continuum
• Dementia and Responsive Behaviours
• Guidelines for Setting Limits
• 5 Common Responsive Behaviours and Care Strategies

Psychiatric Disorders:

• Borderline Personality Disorder Handout
• Narcisistic Personality Disorder Handout
• Dependent Personality Disorder Handout
• Paranoid Personality Disorder Handout
• Care Strategies for Working with a Borderline Client

If you would like power point presentations that accompany the handouts above please contact Jennifer Ho at gpep@vch.ca