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The prevalence of dementia is increasing and poses a health challenge for individuals and society. Despite the desire to know their risks and the importance of initiating early therapeutic options, large parts of the population do not get access to memory clinic-based assessments. Remote memory clinics facilitate low-level access to cognitive assessments by eschewing the need for face-to-face meetings. At the same time, patients with detected impairment or increased risk can receive non-pharmacological treatment remotely. Sensor technology can evaluate the efficiency of this remote treatment and identify cognitive decline. With remote and (partly) automatized technology the process of cognitive decline can be monitored but more importantly also modified by guiding early interventions and a dementia preventative lifestyle. We highlight how sensor technology aids the expansion of assessments beyond cognition and to other domains, e.g., depression. We also illustrate applications for aiding remote treatment and describe how remote tools can facilitate health education which is the cornerstone for long-lasting lifestyle changes. Tools such as transcranial electric stimulation or sleep-based interventions have currently mostly been used in a face-to-face context but have the potential of remote deployment—a step already taken with memory training apps. Many of the presented methods are readily scalable and of low costs and there is a range of target populations, from the worried well to late-stage dementia., Frontiers in Public Health, 10, ISSN:2296-2565

Quality Standards in Old Age Psychiatry

Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Therapy of Psychotic Disorders in the Elderly

Recommendations for the Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy of Addiction Disorders in the Elderly

Entrustable Professional Activities in Graduate Medical Education in Psychiatry: A Promising Concept

Obwohl der chronische Konsum einzelner Substanzen wie z.B. Alkohol und Sedativa, sowie zunehmend auch Opioide, im Alter ein grosses Problem mit erheblichen Folgeschäden für die Betroffenen darstellt, ist den entsprechenden Störungsbildern bisher wenig Beachtung geschenkt worden. Die vorliegenden Empfehlungen sind unter der Federführung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Alterspsychiatrie- und Psychotherapie (SGAP) in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Schweizer Berufsverband für Pflegefachpersonal (SBK) und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Suchtmedizin (SSAM) entstanden, mit dem Ziel, den aktuellen Stand des Wissens über die Abhängigkeitserkrankungen im Alter sowie über die Möglichkeiten der Diagnostik und Therapie zusammenzufassen und den interprofessionellen, klinischen Teams zur Verfügung zu stellen. Sie sollen helfen, die Prävention und Frühdiagnostik zu stärken, und stellen bewusst die Psychotherapie und pflegerischen Interventionsmöglichkeiten in den Vordergrund., Although the chronic consumption of alcohol and sedatives, and increasingly opioids, represents a major problem in old age with consequential damage for those affected, little attention has been paid to the substance abuse disorders in old age. The aim of the present recommendations, a collaboration work of the Swiss Society for Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGAP), Swiss Nurses Association (SBK) and Swiss Society of Addiction Medicine (SSAM), is to summarize the current state of knowledge in prevention, diagnostics and therapy of substance abuse disorders in old age for an interprofessional clinical team. They are intended to help strengthen prevention and early diagnosis, and consciously emphasize psychotherapy and nursing intervention options., La consommation chronique à l’âge avancé de substances comme l’alcool et les sédativfs, et plus récemment d’opioïdes, représente un important problème avec des conséquences à court et à long terme. Malgré cela, peu d’attention a été accordée aux troubles associés à la consommation de ces produits. Les présentes recommandations ont été formulées par la Société Suisse de Psychiatrie et Psychothérapie de la Personne Agée (SPPA) en collaboration avec l’Association suisse des infirmières et infirmiers (ASI) et la Société Suisse de Médedine de l’Addicition (SSMA). Elles ont comme objectif de mettre à la disposition des intervenants des connaissances au sujet des troubles addictifs à l’âge avancé et les options préventives, diagnostiques et thérapeutiques. Elles sont sensées renforcer la prévention et le dépistage précoce et mettent en avant les interventions psychothérapeutiques et les soins.

Recognition of Psychiatric Symptoms in Inpatient Long-Term Care