Collaborative model helps reduce antipsychotic drug use
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 25, 2020
Training and support leads to discontinuation of antipsychotic meds in residents who do not have a diagnosis of psychosis or mental health issues, researchers have found. Notably, behavioral symptoms did...
As antipsychotic use appears to backslide among nursing home residents, risks mount
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2021
For more than a decade, patient advocates and federal regulators have called for a reduction in nursing homes’ use of antipsychotic medications, a class of drugs once widely associated with controlling...
Pandemic disrupted dementia care, increased antipsychotic prescriptions: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 26, 2023
Clinicians relied on these drugs to address behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia during the pandemic. Experts are calling for a new approach to assessing treatment needs.
Antipsychotic drugs overprescribed to people with Alzheimer’s, dementia living at home
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 07, 2023
People with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias who receive home health are likely getting prescribed antipsychotics too often, according to a new study. The research was published Wednesday in...
Study: Medicare warnings cut antipsychotics in nursing home residents, others
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 26, 2024
When Medicare sent warning letters urging doctors to lower antipsychotic prescriptions, it worked, a report published Thursday in JAMA Network Open found.
Rise in antipsychotics prescriptions during pandemic warrant closer look, feds say
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 11, 2022
A federal study has found that prescriptions for antipsychotic medication in nursing homes and assisted living facilities increased by 7.4% during the first quarter, or first three months, of the pandemic.
Law would require monthly reports on nursing home antipsychotic use
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 24, 2012
A legislative proposal would require long-term care facilities to produce a monthly aggregate report of antipsychotic utilization in each facility, in addition to conducting a drug regimen review process.
CMS updates survey guidelines for antipsychotic drugs in dementia care
By
McKnight's Staff
May 31, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated survey guidelines regarding nursing homes’ use of antipsychotic medications for dementia care. The 59-page interim guidance revises Appendix...
Report shows slow progress on reducing antipsychotics, but AHCA renews 15% goal for 2013
By
McKnight's Staff
May 07, 2013
Skilled nursing providers fell well short of reaching a 15% reduction in off-label antipsychotic use by the end of 2012, the American Health Care Association announced Monday.
Antipsychotic prescribing higher at nursing homes in disadvantaged areas: study
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 25, 2024
Nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.