# Emergency Department Care of Individuals Who Have Dementia What's Inside Many older patients are in the ED not because of dementia but with dementia.  This Implementation Toolkit contains resources that can help you make changes in your ED to provide better care for those patients. It includes resources and tools and links to the evidence to support their implementation. Below, you’ll find several suggested policies to implement in your ED to improve care for people with dementia. Policies & Protocols for Managing Dementia in the Emergency Department Toolkit Resource Suggestions to make your ED more dementia-friendly. Continue Treating Patients with Dementia in the ED Toolkit Resource Some suggestions to improve assessment and management of ED patients with dementia. Continue Below are suggested tools for screening for dementia in the ED. They are all short, quick screens that can be built into the ED workflow. The Brief Alzheimer Screen (BAS) Instrument Screening Tool A simple quick screen for dementia. Remember: this is not a diagnostic test; just a guide to quickly assessing this person’s ability to participate in care. Continue The Mini-Cog Dementia Screening Instrument Screening Tool The Mini-Cog is a standard ED-appropriate screen for dementia. Adding the Clock Draw Test provides useful information about the person’s ability to process information. Continue Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD) Instrument Screening Tool A tool to assess pain in someone who can express their feelings clearly. Continue Assessing & Improving the Emergency Department for Dementia Patients Toolkit Resource Some simple changes you can make to the physical environment of your ED to make it more dementia-friendly. Continue CARE Volunteer Program Using trained volunteers to support ED patients with dementia improves the patient experience. Continue EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS | November 3, 2022 Brain Health in the ED: Educational Videos Two educational videos created as part of a collaboration between ARP and GEDC. These videos were designed to educate and raise awareness of challenges with delirium and dementia in the ED and how to provide better care for older adults. Explore Resource Dementia in the Emergency Department: Background Infographic This infographic might be appropriate for your ED’s staff lounge. It provides general information about dementia, especially as it relates to the ED. Continue Faculty The West Health Institute and the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) co-produced these toolkits to provide resources for implementing the best standards of care for older adults in the Emergency Department. You are encouraged to choose and adapt the resources which are most relevant to your site.