I have come across two different tools in my preliminary searching
1) The quality use of medications in dementia (QUM-D) tool by Peisah et al.
2) The Appropriate Psychotropic drugs use In Dementia (APID) index by van der Spek et al.
I was just wondering if anyone knows of any other tools, preferably validated in a long term care setting.
Additionally does anyone have any experience of applying any of these tools?
Many thanks.
There's the NPI. Also, take a look at:
A new simple score (ABS) for assessing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia K. Abe a,⁎, T. Yamashita a, N. Hishikawa a, Y. Ohta a, K. Deguchi a, K. Sato a, K. Matsuzono a, Y. Nakano a, Y. Ikeda a, Y. Wakutani b, Y. Takao b a DepartmentofNeurology,GraduateSchoolofMedicine,DentistryandPharmaceuticalScience,OkayamaUniversity,Okayama,Japan b DepartmentofNeurology,KurashikiHeiseiHospital,Kurashiki,Japan
My answer might be a bit off but perhaps you should know about this Canadian initiative http://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/WhatWeDo/reducing-antipsychotic-medication-use-collaborative.
Many thanks Nicole. I am familiar with the brilliant work being done across Canada. I appreciate the link. Thanks.
We used the UK Alzheimer's Society guidelines for MEDREV (see protocol published in BMJ Open- http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/3/e010279) - only use anti-psychotics if risk of harm to the person or others.
https://www.aston.ac.uk/medrev
Hi Ian. Thanks for this really helpful advice. I'm in agreement in terms of keeping it as simple as possible.
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