Skilled Nursing Facilities Series: How to De-escalate Behaviors

Activity description

Behavioral and psychological symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, and psychosis are very common among people with dementia. Non-pharmacological interventions are usually the first line of treatment for behaviors associated with dementia. These interventions aim to improve or maintain cognitive function, enable the person to continue daily activities, and address behavioral symptoms. Pharmacological interventions are necessary when nonpharmacological interventions are unsuccessful, and symptoms are severe. If pharmacological intervention is needed, medications may help. This activity will discuss behaviors secondary to dementia and the appropriate pharmacological and non- pharmacological interventions with careful consideration of the risks and benefits of medication treatment.

Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Senior Community Care – Optum Home and Community.

Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.

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Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, physicians, social workers and other health care professionals (HCPs) who care for people with dementia.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify patients at higher risk of developing behavioral outbursts

  • Understand the experience of persons who are struggling with a behavioral outbursts

  • Discuss the rationale behind de-escalation techniques and approaches

  • Recognize when and which medications are used to treat behavioral escalations

Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 NAB - Nursing Home Administers
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
Activity opens: 
10/14/2024
Activity expires: 
10/14/2027
Rating: 
0

Presenters
Summer Galecki, APRN
Clinical Educator, Senior Community Care
Optum Home & Community

Jay Tillman, MD
Psychiatric Medical Director
Optum 

Activity planners
Rebecca Gleason
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

The activity faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.

Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.

Accreditation statement
Joint Provider LogoIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Senior Community Care – Optum Home and Community. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Credit designation statements
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.00 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.

Nursing Home Administrators
This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 1.00 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS—approval #20251013-1-A107188-DL

Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social workers
ACE ABSW LogoAs a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits.

Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 NAB - Nursing Home Administers
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
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