Module 3: Women’s Health Drug Therapy: Dementia, Delirium and Polypharmacy

This module is an overview of how the primary care provider can help people living with dementia and their families manage medications throughout the disease progression.

OBJECTIVES FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:

1. Discuss medications that can be used to treat dementia.
2. Recognize medications that can worsen cognition.
3. Describe medications that can be used to help manage dementia.

Presentation & Handout

Barak Gaster, MD   
Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, University of Washington

Handout

Dementia, Delirium and Polypharmacy

Video

Access presentation here: https://uwcne.net/media/2019/19118-03-Gaster/2-Gaster-Dementia_player.html