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Brain Health Planning

A brain health plan can help maximize brain function in all older adults, but it is especially helpful for those with cognitive or functional decline. 

Brain health plans should be made for all older adults, regardless of their screening results or diagnosis to promote healthy aging and maximize their brain health.  

PCP with caregiver and patient
"Supporting someone's brain health supports the whole person."

Creating a Brain Health Plan

Promoting brain health involves a proactive approach that includes increasing physical and social activities, correcting hearing and vision, managing medication side effects, and controlling vascular risk factors such as cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Preventing falls and associated head injury is also important. These practices are essential for comprehensive dementia care, complementing the regular cognitive and functional check-ups integral to good care.

Hearing and Vision

Make sure vision and hearing assessments are up to date and treatable impairments are addressed.

Review Medication

Remove any medications that can affect cognition (for example, sedative-hypnotics and anti-cholinergics)

Social and Physical Activity

Encourage more physical and social activity.

Manage LDL, BP and Diabetes

Optimize their lipid, hypertension and diabetes management.

Dementia Care Planning

While you implement a brain health plan for your patient, it’s time to investigate your patient’s positive CHA result. This requires gathering different types of information, including:  

  • Detailed cognitive and functional history 
  • Medication review 
  • Blood tests 
  • Imaging studies
  • Screening for medical/psychiatric conditions 
  • Scheduling follow-up visits to monitor symptoms

Learn more about dementia care planning and post-diagnostic resources by visiting the link below.

Next Steps After a Positive CHA

Brain Health Planning

A brain health plan can help maximize brain function in all older adults, but it is especially helpful for those with cognitive or functional decline. 

Brain health plans should be made for all older adults, regardless of their screening results or diagnosis to promote healthy aging and maximize their brain health.  

PCP with caregiver and patient
"Supporting someone's brain health supports the whole person."

Creating a Brain Health Plan

Promoting brain health involves a proactive approach that includes increasing physical and social activities, correcting hearing and vision, managing medication side effects, and controlling vascular risk factors such as cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Preventing falls and associated head injury is also important. These practices are essential for comprehensive dementia care, complementing the regular cognitive and functional check-ups integral to good care.

Hearing and Vision

Make sure vision and hearing assessments are up to date and treatable impairments are addressed.

Review Medication

Remove any medications that can affect cognition (for example, sedative-hypnotics and anti-cholinergics)

Social and Physical Activity

Encourage more physical and social activity.

Manage LDL, BP and Diabetes

Optimize their lipid, hypertension and diabetes management.

Dementia Care Planning

While you implement a brain health plan for your patient, it’s time to investigate your patient’s positive CHA result. This requires gathering different types of information, including:  

  • Detailed cognitive and functional history 
  • Medication review 
  • Blood tests 
  • Imaging studies
  • Screening for medical/psychiatric conditions 
  • Scheduling follow-up visits to monitor symptoms

Learn more about dementia care planning and post-diagnostic resources by visiting the link below.

Next Steps After a Positive CHA

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