Psychogeriatrician Template

OAMHU Patient Handover

A professional Psychogeriatrician template for healthcare professionals.

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Need a quick and efficient way to document patient handovers in a psychogeriatric setting? This OAMHU Patient Handover template is designed specifically for psychogeriatricians. It allows for concise summaries of multiple patients, covering key information like diagnoses, current mental status, recent events, and risk assessments. This template helps streamline communication between healthcare professionals, ensuring continuity of care. With Heidi, this template can be quickly populated from a visit transcript, saving valuable time and improving accuracy. It's perfect for busy clinicians needing to document patient information efficiently.

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Patient 1: J.S., 82-year-old female, admitted due to worsening confusion and agitation. Primary diagnosis is Alzheimer's disease with behavioural disturbances. Currently exhibiting increased wandering and verbal aggression. Recent medication change: donepezil increased 5mg to 10mg two weeks ago. Suicide risk is low; aggression risk is moderate due to agitation. Discharge plan: Continue current medication regime, referral to community mental health team for ongoing support. Patient 2: M.T., 78-year-old male, admitted due to a recent fall and subsequent decline in mobility and mood. Primary diagnosis is vascular dementia with depression. Presents with low mood and reports of feeling hopeless. Recent event: Started on sertraline 50mg one week ago. Suicide risk is moderate due to expressed suicidal ideation. Aggression risk is low. Discharge plan: Physiotherapy and occupational therapy to improve mobility, review of medication at next outpatient appointment. Patient 3: S.L., 85-year-old female, admitted due to a recent diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia and associated hallucinations. She is experiencing visual hallucinations and paranoia. Recent event: No recent changes. Suicide risk is low; aggression risk is low. Discharge plan: Continue current medication regime, referral to community mental health team for ongoing support. Patient 4: B.C., 90-year-old male, admitted due to a recent stroke and associated cognitive decline. Primary diagnosis is post-stroke dementia. Currently exhibiting significant memory impairment and difficulty with executive functions. Recent event: No recent changes. Suicide risk is low; aggression risk is low. Discharge plan: Continue current medication regime, referral to community mental health team for ongoing support. Patient 5: K.P., 76-year-old female, admitted due to a recent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease dementia and associated motor and cognitive decline. She is experiencing motor and cognitive decline. Recent event: No recent changes. Suicide risk is low; aggression risk is low. Discharge plan: Continue current medication regime, referral to community mental health team for ongoing support. Patient 6: L.M., 88-year-old female, admitted due to a recent diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia and associated behavioural changes. She is experiencing behavioural changes and personality changes. Recent event: No recent changes. Suicide risk is low; aggression risk is low. Discharge plan: Continue current medication regime, referral to community mental health team for ongoing support.

Patient 1: [Provide a concise paragraph summarizing pertinent clinical information for Patient 1, including initials or identifier, age and gender, primary diagnosis and reason for admission, current mental status or behaviours of concern, relevant recent events such as medication changes, incidents, or improvements, risk level for suicide, aggression, or vulnerability, and discharge plan or next steps if applicable. The paragraph should stand alone and flow naturally, prioritizing active concerns and major risks, without using bullet points.] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in transcript, context or clinical note, else omit section entirely.) Patient 2: [Provide a concise paragraph summarizing pertinent clinical information for Patient 2, including initials or identifier, age and gender, primary diagnosis and reason for admission, current mental status or behaviours of concern, relevant recent events such as medication changes, incidents, or improvements, risk level for suicide, aggression, or vulnerability, and discharge plan or next steps if applicable. The paragraph should stand alone and flow naturally, prioritizing active concerns and major risks, without using bullet points.] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in transcript, context or clinical note, else omit section entirely.) Patient 3: [Provide a concise paragraph summarizing pertinent clinical information for Patient 3, including initials or identifier, age and gender, primary diagnosis and reason for admission, current mental status or behaviours of concern, relevant recent events such as medication changes, incidents, or improvements, risk level for suicide, aggression, or vulnerability, and discharge plan or next steps if applicable. The paragraph should stand alone and flow naturally, prioritizing active concerns and major risks, without using bullet points.] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in transcript, context or clinical note, else omit section entirely.) Patient 4: [Provide a concise paragraph summarizing pertinent clinical information for Patient 4, including initials or identifier, age and gender, primary diagnosis and reason for admission, current mental status or behaviours of concern, relevant recent events such as medication changes, incidents, or improvements, risk level for suicide, aggression, or vulnerability, and discharge plan or next steps if applicable. The paragraph should stand alone and flow naturally, prioritizing active concerns and major risks, without using bullet points.] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in transcript, context or clinical note, else omit section entirely.) Patient 5: [Provide a concise paragraph summarizing pertinent clinical information for Patient 5, including initials or identifier, age and gender, primary diagnosis and reason for admission, current mental status or behaviours of concern, relevant recent events such as medication changes, incidents, or improvements, risk level for suicide, aggression, or vulnerability, and discharge plan or next steps if applicable. The paragraph should stand alone and flow naturally, prioritizing active concerns and major risks, without using bullet points.] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in transcript, context or clinical note, else omit section entirely.) Patient 6: [Provide a concise paragraph summarizing pertinent clinical information for Patient 6, including initials or identifier, age and gender, primary diagnosis and reason for admission, current mental status or behaviours of concern, relevant recent events such as medication changes, incidents, or improvements, risk level for suicide, aggression, or vulnerability, and discharge plan or next steps if applicable. The paragraph should stand alone and flow naturally, prioritizing active concerns and major risks, without using bullet points.] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in transcript, context or clinical note, else omit section entirely.) (Never come up with your own patient details, assessment, plan, interventions, evaluation, and plan for continuing care - use only the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note as a reference for the information included in your note. If any information related to a placeholder has not been explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note, you must not state the information has not been explicitly mentioned in your output, just leave the relevant placeholder or omit the placeholder completely.) (Use as many lines, paragraphs or bullet points, depending on the format, as needed to capture all the relevant information from the transcript.)

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