Non-urgent Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGA), focusing on behaviour management for individuals with Dementia, and/or BPSD
Conditions treated:
- Age 65 years or older
- Dementia with behavioural and psychological symptoms/neuropsychiatric sympto
- Delirium with behavioural symptoms
- Post hospitalization with delirium requiring medication review/taper
- Long term care residents with dementia related behaviours
Patient exclusion: Psychiatric diagnosis with the exception of depression in addition to the following disorders: Chronic Fatigue syndrome, Huntington's disease, Traumatic brain injury, Alcohol or substance dependence or abuse, Multiple sclerosis, Toxic encephalopathy
Services offered:
- Standardized Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) completed by a Geriatrician, Occupational therapist and Social Worker
- The patient may also be seen by other health care professionals in this clinic if deemed necessary and appropriate by any member of the interdisciplinary team