Newsletter for health care professionals

Plum Tree Memory Care newsletter for health care professionals

Stay up to date with the latest in memory care.

Informed by evidence and drawing on the expertise of Plum Tree Memory Care’s experienced health care professionals, these quarterly newsletters are a useful resource you can download and share.

Inside, you’ll find recent memory care literature, best practice recommendations, clinical pearls, and more. Sign up for free!

Archive

Issue 1 (March 2023)

  • Cholinesterase inhibitors

  • Critical appraisal: CitAD Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Smart Medication Administration Products (SMAPs)

  • Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: agitation

  • Should I stay or should I go? Insights from an Occupational Therapist

Issue 2 (June 2023)

  • Study: MINT Memory Clinics provide better care and are more cost-effective than usual care

  • Strength exercises and diet emphasizing protein can delay and reverse frailty

  • Dementia pipeline: disease modifying agents

  • SMAP—Karie Health

  • Screening for parkinsonism

  • Identifying drug-induced parkinsonism

  • Shifting the mindset associated with walkers

Issue 3 (September 2023)

  • What’s new in dementia? Multivitamin may reduce the risk of dementia in older adults

  • Brexpiprazole approved by FDA for agitation in dementia—place in therapy?

  • Donanemab results consistent with other anti-amyloid therapies: review of CLARITY-AD and TRAILBLAZER-ALZ2 trials

  • Electronic medication dispenser—GMS E-lert

  • New: Plum Tree Memory Care offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

  • Pharmacologic management of insomnia in those with cognitive impairment

  • Ready, set, go! Swift ambulatory solutions for incontinence—ensuring a faster, safer, and successful journey!

Issue 4 (December 2023)

  • What’s new in dementia? Systematic review finds cholinesterase inhibitors reduce mortality in those with dementia

  • Cardiovascular goals in individuals with dementia

  • Low dose aspirin—indicated or not using cranial imaging?

  • SMAP—PillDrill

  • Maintaining brain health in winter

  • Preventing falls in winter

Issue 5 (March 2024)

  • What’s new in dementia? GLP-1 agonists and dementia

  • Alcohol use in individuals with cognitive impairment: healthy drinking guidelines

  • Hepatic encephalopathy

  • SMAP—LiveFine Automatic Medication Dispenser

  • Effects of alcohol use on sleep

  • Limiting alcohol use in cognitive impairment: when 1 (drink) does not always equal 1

Issue 6 (June 2024)

  • Meta-analysis finds no increased risk of CV event, seizure, or syncope with donepezil

  • Methylphenidate for apathy?

  • Anticoagulation in older adults with atrial fibrillation and frailty

  • Improving medication non-adherence

  • Music therapy for apathy

Issue 7 (September 2024)

  • 2024 update of the Lancet Commission

  • Disease modifying therapies: anti-amyloid therapies

  • Newest sleep agent—is it safe in older adults?

  • Plum Tree’s medication reminder service

  • Congregated living and dementia—tips for success

  • Virtual home safety assessments

Issue 8 (December 2024)

  • Interpreting an MRI for the non-physician

  • Supporting individuals with hearing loss in practice

  • Disability tax credits