Geriatrics

• Delirium
  • Delirium (clinical assessment and management)
    • Acute confusion and delirium – medical management (flowchart)
  • Questions about delirium
  • Deprivation Of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)
  • Mental assessment in delirium:
    • Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
    • Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS)
    • Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) – free downloadable and printable version
• Dementia
  • Dementia (clinical assessment and management)
  • Dementia clinical case (scenario with exam questions)
  • Types of dementia:
    • Alzheimers dementia
    • Vascular dementia
    • Lewy Body dementia
    • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Cognitive assessment in dementia
  • Downloadable MMSE (mini-mental state exam)
• Falls
  • Falls: comprehensive clinical assessment of falls (history, examination and management of patients with falls for OSCEs and PACES)
  • Falls (background and complications)