Brochure troubles du comportement - version anglaise

ONLINE SPACE DEDICATED TO PRESCRIPTION IMPROVEMENT IN THE EDERLY An online theme website dedicated to improving the prescription drug in the elderly, including psychotropic drugs, is available on www.has.sante.fr. This space provides health professionals and the public : - Key messages PROGRAM 2007 – 2010 - Clinical experiences and tools for improvement practices “Improving the prescription of psychotropic drugs - Reference texts in the French elderly” - Useful links (such as the Morphée network) - Benchmark Figures Behavioral disorders A guideline to improve good practices in the nursing homes for dependant Appraisal step 2008 elderly people from DGS is available. Guidelines on the indications and modalities of sedation in the elderly will be soon available as well HAS recommendations on the "Support for productive behavioural disorders in Alzheimer's disease" Education on the care techniques could also limit the use of neuroleptics. WHAT IS KNOWN 2009-2010 TO BE CONTINUED ... Behavioral disorders frequently occur in the elderly. It is necessary to Guidelines, programs for improvement practices and education programs will distinguish the behavioral disorders known as "productive" (shouts, agitation, be widely diffused among medical teams.