Explaining dementia diagnosis, BPSD plan, and antipsychotic caution to family — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes after reading time. You are the psychiatry registrar. The medical team has asked you to speak with the son. [1]

Candidate instructions. Explain dementia/major neurocognitive disorder in accessible language; describe why acute hospital agitation may be delirium on dementia; outline non-drug first steps for behavioural symptoms; set realistic expectations for cognitive enhancers; explain why antipsychotics are not routine and carry increased mortality risk; discuss planning for supports and decision-making without inventing legal section numbers. [2][3][4][5]