Rethinking Dementia Care by Banning BPSD

Rethinking Dementia Care by Banning BPSD

With patience, we hope and wait for a world where dementia is eradicated. Through education, increasing awareness and understanding I am on a personal mission to eradicate BPSD. As Kate said “The term BPSD has provided a medical rationale to over-medicate and restrain people with dementia.” Do you know what it feels like to not have the ability to communicate your needs and wants???……I am fortunate to not know. What I do know is that antipsychotic medication, psychiatric hospitalizations, confining, and restraining are most often the worst choices of intervention. I believe that 90% of so-called BPSD is actually created by caregiver actions. Click to read the article written by Kate Swaffer