A Clinician’s Field Guide to Good Practice Managing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

The information contained in this Australian guide is a modified summary of the document Behaviour Management - A Guide to Good Practice, Managing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (2012). This field guide provides casual points for consideration for clinicians in their role of assisting residential care staff, community care staff, and family members caring for persons living with dementia, who present with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).

Source: Dementia Collaborative Research Centre – Assessment and Better Care (DCRC-ABC) at UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales) 2014. https://dementiaresearch.org.au/resources/bpsdguide/