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	Departments
69	From The Editor
	Losing and Retrieving
	Priscilla Ebersole
70	NewsView
73	Calendar
	Drug Consult
74	Dementia Treatment Update
	Peggy K. Yen
	Home Health Care
81	Dementia: Complex Care Needing Ongoing Assessment
	Tina M. Marrelli
	Book Reviews
83	Marianne LaPorte Matzo
	NGNA Section
86	NGNA News
	Robin E. Remsburg and Neva L. Crogan
89	Incorporating Medication Regimen Reviews Into the Interdisciplinary Care Planning Process
	Judy Binch, Ron Beamon, Stephanie Clontz, Patti Goodwin, Heather Hartwig, Ratna Kolhatkar, Mike List, and Shirley S. Travis
	Although many long-term care providers may view medication utilization reviews negatively, this article describes an innovative approach that includes medication regimen review in the larger context of resident care planning.
	NCGNP Section
94	Pharmacology Update
	Ann Schmidt Luggen
95	Research Review
	Ann Schmidt Luggen
95	GNP Care Guidelines
	Ann Schmidt Luggen
	Reader Services
67	Information for Authors
68	Information for Readers
	Feature Articles
98	Development of Nurse Competencies to Improve Dementia Care
	Christine L. Williams, Kathryn Hyer, Annette Kelly, Sue Leger-Krall, and Ruth M. Tappen
	As the number of elders needing dementia care increases, the demand for skilled care providers will require new competency-based curriculum to meet the demand for training.
106	Falls Associated with Dementia: How Can You Tell?
	Deanna Gray Miceli
	Post-fall assessment of an individual with dementia differs from the standard post-fall assessment of an older adult without dementia. Early detection of fall events is crucial, but is especially important in the individual with dementia.
111	Imposed Versus Involved: Different Strategies to Effect Driving Cessation in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
	Kathleen Jett, Ruth M. Tappen, and Monica Rosselli
	Giving up driving can be a particularly difficult issue for the cognitively impaired driver. The skilled nurse knows when and where involved versus imposed cessation is appropriate.
117	Subcortical Vascular Dementia
	Donna Fladd
	Vascular dementia is the second most prevalent type of dementia in the United States today. Its presentation is subtle and can be mistaken for depression. This article provides a comprehensive review of subcortical vascular dementia to assist the nurse with differential diagnosis.
122	The Frail Elderly Community-Based Case Management Project
	Cheryl Duke
	As the frail elderly population continues to increase, health care providers will be challenged to develop new models of care delivery for this unique population. This project demonstrates successful outcomes from one such model.