A Dementia Toolkit

Delirium

• The Folstein Mini-Mental Status Test
• Clinical Characteristics of Acute Confusional States and Cortical Dementias
• Diagnostic Criteria for Delirium
• Causes of Delirium
• Other Delirium Links
• Geriatric Depression Links

  Dementia

• CMAJ: Canadian Consensus Conference on Dementia
• Features That Suggest Dementia Other Than Alzheimers
• The Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
• A Cognitive Assessment Algorithm
• Criteria for Clinical Diagnosis of Probable and Possible Diffuse Lewy Body Disease
• "What's New in Dementia" Conference Paper by Dr. Sandra E. Black, 1998
• A Map of the Memory System

  Behavioral Disorders

• A Stepwise Approach to Managing Behaviors in Dementia
• Selected Neuroleptics for Behavioral and Psychological Signs and Symptoms of Dementia
• Nocturnal Agitation & Sundowning: Causes
• Nocturnal Agitation & Sundowning: Management Strategies

  Care-Giver Resources

• PIECES: Considering Caregiver Strengths
• The Alzheimer's Society of Canada
• The Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres
  

  Geriatric & Psychogeriatric Services

• Regional Geriatric Programs of Ontario
• Ontario Community Psychogeriatric Teams