Clinical risk assessment and management strategies for residents with severe dementia in a residential care setting: a best practice implementation project

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 422-433
Author(s):  
Devi Ranasinghe ◽  
Leona Bates ◽  
Pat Mynes
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Severe Dementia ◽  
Clinical Risk Assessment ◽  
Residential Care Setting ◽  
Practice Implementation ◽  
Risk Assessment And Management

Creative solutions for severe dementia with BPSD: a case of art therapy used in an inpatient and residential care setting

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1011-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Peisah ◽  
G. Lawrence ◽  
S. Reutens
Keyword(s):  
Art Therapy ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Inpatient Setting ◽  
Severe Dementia ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Residential Care Setting ◽  
Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms

ABSTRACTBehavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common, distressing and compromise care. Their diverse etiology necessitates targeted, individualized treatment. We present a case of an 82-year-old with severe dementia and BPSD, and with limited response to a range of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. Individualized art therapy was developed in an inpatient setting using felt material cut into shapes and coloring with stencils and pre-drawn line drawings utilizing preserved skills of coloring, while supporting frontal-executive and language deficits. The activity was replicable and carried over to the residential care setting and supported by family and professional carers.

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