Should Medications be used for Behavior Management? What are GEMS®?

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Teepa Snow is a dementia care expert and founder of Positive Approach to Care ® (PAC). In this post she talks about the use of medications for behavior management. Teepa has championed the concept of GEMS® to describe people living with dementia.

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PS: I say it over and over again: There's no one more important than the caregiver in the daily life of a frail person.

 

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