About PCDATA
Assessment of Cognition & Diagnosis of Dementia
Initial Management of Dementia
PRIMARY CARE DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT ALGORITHM
PC DATA (Primary Care Dementia Assessment & Treatment Algorithm) is a set of clinical tools and algorithms designed to help family physicians and primary care health care providers to understand and apply best practices in dementia care as outlined in the Canadian Consensus Conference Guidelines, on the diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia.
The algorithms and tools were developed through a grant provided to the PCDATA team through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Feedback from the original PCDATA project has lead to the creation of this web-based educational platform to provide access to the PCDATA content to all primary care providers.
This project was developed with support from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Alzheimer Society of Toronto and Alzheimer Society of Ontario. These Self-Learning programs have been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 1 Mainpro+ credits.
Learning Outcomes
Review the Canadian Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia.
Understand the process of dementia guideline adaptation and implementation for primary care setting in Canada.
Learn practical approaches to the assessment and care of individuals with dementa and their caregivers in primary care settings.
Steering Commitee
Chair
Dallas Seitz
Dallas SeitzMD, PhD, FRCPC
Chair of Geriatric Psychiatry at
Queen’s University
Co-Chair
Dave Coughlan
Dave CoughlanPresident and CEO
Kingston Knowledge Translation Group
Carolyn Steele Gray
Carolyn Steele GrayMA, PhD
Scientist, Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Advisors
Lionel Noronha
Lionel NoronhaMD, CCFP
Medical Director of the Stirling Medical Centre and Stirling Manor
Shayna Watson
Shayna WatsonMD, CCFP
Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine, Queens University
Colleen White
Colleen WhiteAdjunct Professor & Site Coordinator
Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program Queen’s University, School of Nursing
Kevin Loughlin
Kevin LoughlinMD, CCFP
Family Physician Maple Family Health Team Kingston, On
Partners
