presented by Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC
Lisa Byrd is an employee of Florida Health Plans – BCBS. She is currently on Speaker’s Bureaus for Purdue Pharmaceuticals and Avanir Pharmaceuticals and is on the Advisory Board for Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals.
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Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC
Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist, is an expert in caring for older adults and a seasoned Certified Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner. She treats numerous patients in nursing homes, an outpatient clinic, and hospital inpatient settings.
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1. Cognitive Changes in the Older Adult With Dementia
This chapter will review anxiety, depression, delirium, and dementia in older adults and discuss ways to differentiate them. The chapter includes a brief discussion of how the different stages of dementia affect the individual’s abilities, and ways to keep the older individual with dementia socially engaged to slow the dementia process as well as decrease problematic behaviors.
2. Strategies in Management of Care for the Older Adult With Dementia
This chapter will review strategies used to keep older adults with dementia socially engaged, review activities to meet patients' cognitive abilities (depending on the stage of dementia), and offer strategies to increase the participation of individuals with dementia.
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