This advice is for people with early, mid and late stage dementia.
Expert consensus is that these practices are recommended in the care of people with dementia
Early, Mid and Late Stage Dementia
When prescribing for people living with dementia, health professionals should:
- provide a current medication list that includes indications, administration instructions, and planned dates for review
- regularly monitor for actual benefit of each medication
- regularly monitor for actual side effects
- start new medications at the lowest therapeutic dose
- review doses frequently to see if a lower dose would be adequate
- change only one medication at a time
- assess impact of dementia on activities of daily living