Pandey Nisha Mani, Tripathi Shailendra Mohan, Singh Bhupendra, Tiwari Sarvada Chandra
Department of Geriatric Mental Health, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2018 Jan-Mar;60(1):141-144. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_365_17.
Management of dementia is very crucial. Nonpharmacological methods (NPM) are well appreciated and encouraged to be used as first-line treatment for managing elderly patients with dementia (PwD). The present case reports aimed to share the strategies of NPM for managing PwD. NPM requires a structured blueprint to record, follow-up, and monitor the outcomes. A structured proforma has been developed in the department. After getting all the basic information from the patient, needed assessments are being done by the concerned team member to identify and rate the level of severity of the problem, and specific NPM strategies are being provided. Concerted efforts give positive results; knowledge and understanding about the illness help the caregiver in managing the patient. No negative impact has been reported; NPM is a cost-effective approach and therefore should be studied on a larger level to provide evidence from India and prove its efficacy.
痴呆症的管理至关重要。非药物方法（NPM）备受认可，并被鼓励用作管理老年痴呆症患者（PwD）的一线治疗方法。本病例报告旨在分享管理PwD的NPM策略。NPM需要一个结构化的蓝图来记录、随访和监测结果。该部门已制定了一份结构化的表格。从患者那里获取所有基本信息后，相关团队成员会进行所需的评估，以确定并评估问题的严重程度，然后提供具体的NPM策略。共同努力会产生积极的结果；对疾病的了解有助于护理人员管理患者。尚未报告有负面影响；NPM是一种具有成本效益的方法，因此应在更大范围内进行研究，以提供来自印度的证据并证明其疗效。
