Communication Difficulties: Assessment and Interventions in Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia

Cora Zembrzuski, PhD, APRN, CS, MedOptions, Old Saybrook, CT

Brief Evaluation of Executive Dysfunction: An Essential Refinement in the Assessment of Cognitive Impairment

Gary J. Kennedy, MD, and Suhey Franco Cadet, MD, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

Avoiding Restraints in Patients with Dementia

Valerie T. Cotter, DrNP, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and Lois K. Evans, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Assessment of Nociceptive versus Neuropathic Pain in Older Adults

Paul Arnstein, PhD, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, FAAN, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Relief, Massachusetts General Hospital