Dementia Matters

Agitation and Alzheimer’s: Strategies for Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia


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Many people living with dementia experience behavioral symptoms alongside changes in their cognition. What can care partners and healthcare providers do to manage these behavioral changes? After leading the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s (ADRC) annual Dr. Daniel I. Kaufer Lecture, Dr. Helen Kales joins the podcast to discuss agitation and other behavioral symptoms of dementia, the use of medications to manage these symptoms, and different caregiving approaches for addressing these behavioral changes in people living with dementia.

Guest: Helen Kales, MD, geriatric psychiatrist, Joe P. Tupin Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis

Show Notes

Watch the recording of Dr. Kales’ lecture, "Agitation is not a disease: How can we better manage the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia?,” on YouTube.

Learn more about the DICE approach, discussed at 21:01, on The DICE Approach website.

Learn more about the annual Dr. Daniel I. Kaufer Lecture on our website.

Learn more about Dr. Kales at her bio on the University of California, Davis website.

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