Dr. Peter V. Rabins and Video Press DVDs

Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH is regarded by the medical profession as a national leader in the care of Alzheimer’s patients. He has contributed to numerous Video Press productions for staff training in long-term care, assisted living communities, Alzheimer’s support groups and for family caregivers. Dr. Rabins is the Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

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Titles featuring Dr. Rabins:

Abuse Triggers (series)
Nursing assistants and Dr. Rabins review and discuss scenes of violent or difficult residents and suggest preventative measures and appropriate responses.
Alzheimer's Abuse
Dr. Peter Rabins and geriatric nursing assistants identify the signs of potential abuse for Alzheimer's patients.
The Alzheimer's Care Kit (series)
How to develop a basic care plan to minimize frustration for both the patient and caregiver.
Alzheimer's Disease:
The Patient's Perspective
Includes commentary by Dr. Rabins.
Alzheimer’s Disease:
A World of Fear (series)
Develop understanding of behaviors that may be fear-based, possible triggers and suggest positive solutions.
The Alzheimer's Encyclopedia (series)
Dr. Rabins presents patients illustrating the progression in memory and communication impairment, comprehension deficits, perception problems and functional decline. Commentary by Dr. Rabins addresses both assessment and treatment planning.
Alzheimer's: Facilitating ADLs
Dr. Rabins and nursing staff share strategies to facilitate ADLs with a step-by-step approach.
Assessing the Mental Status
of the Older Person
In this classic program, Dr. Rabins implements the Mini-Mental State Examination assessing the mental status of elderly individuals, ranging from normal to severely impaired.
Caring for Disordered Behavior
in the Nursing Home
How to identify appropriate interventions when dealing with residents who are physically or verbally violent.
Caring for Patients with
Late Stage Dementia
Dr. Rabins works with nursing staff on an Alzheimer’s unit as they check in on residents.
Diagnosis Alzheimer’s Disease (series)
Dr. Rabins identifies changes in behavior that should be considered potential symptoms of Alzhiemer's disease.

Disordered Behavior:
The Medication Culprit (series)
An introduction to medications often prescribed for the elderly, their potential side effects, and how to determine if a behavioral change may be due to medication.
Emotional Needs:
The Cornerstone of Care for Alzheimer's Patients (series)
Dr. Rabins leasds the disscussion on how recognizing the importance of the Alzheimer's patients' emotional well-being leads to better care.
Grace Notes
A presentation of the progression of dementia, related symptoms and the changing caregiver role using excerpts from the film Grace with lecture notes by Peter Rabins.
The Guide for Providing Quality
of Life for Alzheimer's Patients (series)
How to develop guidelines for providing the best possible quality of life.
Interacting with Alzheimer Patients:
Tips for Families and Friends (series)
Dr. Rabins discusses with family caregivers their experiences after a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Living with Alzheimer’s Disease:
The Family Caregiver’s Guide (series)
This program includes the viewer in a session with Dr. Rabins and family members.
Mental Illness and the Older Person
An overview of mental illnesses and related behaviors often observed in the elderly.
The Most Vulnerable
Resident for Abuse
How symptoms and behaviors associated with progressive dementia disorders place patients at the top of the list of vulnerable victims for neglect and abuse.
Physical Intimacy:
The Alzheimer's Patient
Dr. Rabins discusses issues relating to resident to resident intimacies; public masturbation; and inappropriate touching.
Step-by-Step: Responding to Mental Illness in the Geriatric Population
Nursing assistants meet with Dr. Rabins to develop a step-by-step approach to working with confused, agitated and depressed residents.

Peter V.Rabins, MD, MPH
Expertise and Credentials

Education: Dr. Rabins received a BA in Political Science from the University of Florida in 1969, an MD from Tulane University in 1973 and an MPH from Tulane University School of Public Health in 1974.

After a psychiatry residence at the University of Oregon, he completed a one-year fellowship in consultation/liaison and neuropsychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has been on the faculty there since 1978.

He is currently Professor and Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and has joint appointments in the Departments of Medicine Health Policy & Management and Mental Health.

Areas of Interest: Dr. Rabins has focused his career on the study of psychiatric disorders in older persons. His current research focuses on the effectiveness of current therapies for Alzheimer disease, the development of measures of quality of life in persons with Alzheimer disease and care of patients with late stage dementia.

Publications: Co-author of The 36 Hour Day, (1981, 1991, 1999, 2006), Practical Dementia Care (2000) and Getting Old Without Getting Anxious (2005). Dr. Rabins is also the author of more than 180 articles and book chapters.

For more information on Dr. Rabins visit his Johns Hopkins Medicine Faculty web page at:
www.hopkinsmedicine.org

2009-2010 New Releases:

Editorial Reviews

The 36 Hour Day
by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins

"An excellent book for families who are caring for persons with dementia... A book that physicians can confidently recommend to the families of their patients."
--Journal of the American Medical Association

"The best guide of its kind."
--Chicago Sun-Times

"Excellent guidance and clear information of a kind that the family needs... The authors offer the realistic advice that sometimes it is better to concede the patient's frailties than to try to do something about them, and that a compassionate sense of humor often helps."
--New York Times