Non-pharmacological Approaches to Management of the Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) - RNAO Table 2

This Table from page 61 of Delirium, Dementia and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care (2016) describes non- pharmacological approaches to use to minimize behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2016). Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care. Toronto, ON, Canada: Author. 

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