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Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Dementia
Learning Objectives
Students will:
· Assess client factors and history to develop personalized therapy plans for clients with dementia
· Analyze factors that influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in clients requiring therapy for dementia
· Evaluate efficacy of treatment plans
· Analyze ethical and legal implications related to prescribing therapy for clients with dementia.
Required Readings
Note: All Stahl resources can be accessed through this link provided.
Stahl, S. M. (2013). Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and practical applications (4th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
To access the following chapter, click on the Essential Psychopharmacology, 4th ed tab on the Stahl Online website and select the appropriate chapter. Be sure to read all sections on the left navigation bar for each chapter.
Stahl, S. M. (2014b). The prescriber’s guide (5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
To access information on the following medications, click on The Prescriber’s Guide, 5th ed tab on the Stahl Online website and select the appropriate medication.
Review the following medications:
For insomnia
Bui, Q. (2012). Antidepressants for agitation and psychosis in patients with dementia. American Family Physician, 85(1), 20–22. Retrieved from http://www.aafp.org/journals/afp.html
Required Media( Click on Case study Below)
Note: This case study will serve as the foundation for this week’s Assignment.
To prepare for this Assignment:
· Review this week’s Learning Resources. Consider how to assess and treat clients requiring therapy for dementia.
The Assignment
Examine Case Study: An Elderly Iranian Man With Alzheimer’s Disease( Click media link above to open case study)You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.
· At each decision point stop to complete the following:
o Decision #1
§ Which decision did you select?
§ Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
§ What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
§ Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
o Decision #2
§ Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
§ What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
§ Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
o Decision #3
§ Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
§ What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
§ Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
· Also include how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and communication with clients.
Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of three academic resources. While you may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward the resource requirement.
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