BDS Fact Sheets & Reminders
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Helpful Resources
The information provided below is designed to enhance the understanding of the topic and does not replace other professional or medical instructions or individually developed plans.
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Fact Sheets (Alphabetized)
- Antecendent-behavior-consequence (ABC) model
- Aspiration FAQs
- Aspiration Pneumonia
- Aspiration prevention: Choice considerations relevant use of enteral nutrition
- Aspiration prevention: Dysphagia
- Aspiration prevention: Feeding tubes and feeding/medication admin options
- Aspiration prevention: Food texture and fluid consistency modification
- Aspiration prevention: Management of constipation
- Aspiration prevention: Management of gastric residuals
- Aspiration prevention: Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Aspiration prevention: Management of oral health
- Aspiration prevention: Modified barium swallow study/videofluoroscopy
- Aspiration prevention:Positioning
- Assistive supports: Wheelchair brakes
- Communication: Augmentative/alternative communication (AAC)
- Communication: Basic communication
- Dental appointment: After the appointment checklist
- Dental appointment: During the appointment checklist
- Dental appointment: Initial contact checklist
- Dental appointment: Preparation checklist
- Dental appointment: After the appointment
- Dental appointment: During the appointment
- Dental appointment: Initial contact
- Dental appointment: Preparation
- Dysphagia
- Emergency room: After discharge from the emergency room
- Emergency room: During discharge from the emergency room
- Emergency room: During discharge from the emergency room checklist
- Emergency room: Preparing for and during the emergency room visit checklist
- Emergency room: Preparing for and during the emergency room visit
- Enteral feeding tube: Best practices
- Enteral feeding tube: Protocol
- Epilepsy
- Gtube Considerations
- Hospitalization: Admission to and duration of hospitalization
- Hospitalization: Admission to and duration of hospitalization checklist
- Hospitalization: After discharge
- Hospitalization: After discharge checklist
- Hospitalization: Preparing for discharge
- Hospitalization: Preparing for discharge checklist
- Managing appointments: After the appointment
- Managing appointments: After the appointment checklist
- Managing appointments: During the appointment
- Managing appointments: During the appointment checklist
- Managing appointments: Initial contact checklist
- Managing appointments: Preparing for appointments
- Managing appointments: Preparing for appointments checklist
- Medical Symptoms: Fragile X syndrome
- Medical Symptoms: Recognizing a heart attack in the IDD population
- Palliative care: Adaptive equipment
- Palliative care: Comfort measures
- Palliative care: General considerations
- Palliative care: Pain Management
- Personal emergency response systems (PERS)
- Aspiration prevention: Signs and symptoms to watch for
- Psychiatric disorders: Antidepressants
- Psychiatric disorders: Anxiety disorders
- Psychotropic disorders: Atypical antipsychotics
- Psychotropic disorders: Clozapine
- Psychotropic disorders: Depakote
- Psychiatric disorders: Intellectual disabilities/ developmental disabilities
- Psychotropic disorders: Lithium
- Psychiatric disorders: Metabolic syndrome (Syndrome X)
- Psychiatric disorders: Mood disorders
- Psychotropic disorders: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- Psychiatric disorders: Pica
- Psychotropic disorders: SSRIs and SNRIs
- Psychotropic disorders: Tardive akathisia
- Psychotropic disorders: Tardive dyskinesia
- Psychotropic disorders: Typical antipsychotics
- Quality of life: Meaningful days
- Recognizing a change in status
- Responding to change in status
- Seasonal allergies
- Signs and symptoms indicating a change in status
- Stroke and intellectual disabilities / developmental disabilities
- Urinary tract infection
Reminders
- Diabetes reminder
- Dysphagia reminder
- Flu (H1N1) and intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) reminder
- Hand washing reminder
- Heat related illnesses
- Hydration during the winter reminder
- Obesity reminder
- Palliative care reminder
- Psychiatric medications: Clozapine reminder
- Psychiatric medications: Pica reminder
- Recognizing change in status reminder
- Responding to change in status reminder
- Seasonal allergies reminder
- Seizures and bathing reminder
- Summer activities reminder
- Summer food safety reminder
- Sun safety reminder
- Videofluoroscopy/modified barium swallowing study (VFS/MBSS) reminder
- Wheelchair cleaning reminder
Palliative Care
Dysphagia
- Potential aspiration: Signs and symptoms to watch for OR-FM-HS-DY-101(4-14-10)1[1]