PPT-Delirium in Older Adults

Kathleen Pace Murphy PhD MS GNPBC Assistant Professor UTHealth Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Deputy Director Consortium on Aging Kathleen Pace Murphy PhD MS GNPBC Assistant Professor UTHealth Medical School. Outreach & Prevention. Jody Bechtold, LCSW, NCGC-II, BACC. Why Focus on . Older Adults?. Source: A Profile of Older Americans: 2003, Administration on Aging, HHS. Changing Demographics: . More . Elderly. A poorly defined, controversial term. aka Excited Delirium. Generally describes. Elevated blood pressure. Elevated heart rate. Paranoia. Hallucinations. Violent impulses. Associated with drug use, mental illness, or the two together. . Matt Russell,MD, MSc. Assistant Professor of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine. Slide show courtesy of Drs. Lisa Caruso and Serena Chao. Objectives. To elicit key features of and define delirium . Underrecognized. , Undertreated and Deadly. Coleman Foundation Winter Workshop. February 28, 2013. Andrea . Bial. , MD. Joanna Martin, MD. Objectives. Learning Objectives. 1. . . Understand how to recognize delirium in the hospice and palliative setting.. Dr Holly McGuigan. Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine. Strathcarron Hospice. Situation. Anne. ,. 73 year old lady, lung cancer. Admitted for symptom control of pain. “Previously delusional with opioids- not keen for same”. What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process. The Peer Teaching Society is not liable for false or misleading information…. Delirium. PATH. Acute . confusional. state (can be acute-on-chronic). Globally impaired cognition awareness/consciousness. B. Renee Dugger, DNP, RN, . GCNS-BC*. *. Special acknowledgement and thanks to Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC and the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC. ) for resources utilized for this presentation . INTRODUCTION. Older adults comprise a major portion of the population. For dentistry, older adults are retaining more teeth which means providing treatment for them is a separate entity. A knowledge about the aging changes in the . A RAFT Presentation . Statistics About Depression and Older Adults. An estimated 7 million of the nation’s 39 million adults aged 65 years and older are affected by depression, but only 10% receive treatment.. EXHIBIT 1. Note: Differences between US and all other surveyed countries except AUS were statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level.. Data: Commonwealth Fund 2021 International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults.. Sharon A. Matthew . LPC,CCS,ACRPS,CSAT, CMAT. Objectives. To educate on the myths about mental health in older adults . Statistics on prevalence of mental health disorders in adults. To understand common problems addressed in treatment with older adults. Mindy J. Fain, MD. Gregory K. Mayer, MD, MBA. June 4, 2020. COVID-19 and Older Adults: . An Overview. ASU College of Health Solutions. June 4, 2020. Mindy J. Fain, MD. Co-Director, . UArizona. Center on Aging. Action Card for administration of benzodiazepines . The use of sedatives and anti – psychotic medication should be kept to a minimum. . S. edation should only be considered once other strategies have failed to calm the patient such as distraction/diversion strategies, using 1:1 special to care for the patient. .