Restraints and Psychiatric Medications
- Use of physical restraints decreases in nursing facilities, but anti-anxiety drug use grows, industry report shows
- Medicare atypical antipsychotic drug claims for elderly nursing home residents. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General
- OIG Finds Fault with Atypical Antipsychotic Medicare Claims in Nursing Homes
- Inspector General report: 1 in 7 nursing home residents are incorrectly prescribed psychotropic medications
- Psych- drug use in nursing homes decried
- Study: Parkinson's drug warnings ignored
- Senate hearing focuses on cost of overprescribing antipsychotics
- Over-medication scrutiny
- Senate Hearing Focuses on Cost of Overprescribing Antipsychotics
- Antipsychotics use assailed
- CMS announces partnership to reduce improper antipsychotic drug use
- OIG: Antipsychotics use rarely compliant
- Program seeks reduction in use of antipsychotic drugs
- Study: Information, training can cut physical restraint use
- Antipsyched-out?
- Senate bill tackling antipsychotics use
- Gifford offers assistance on lowering antipsychotics use
- Woman gets 3 years in prison for giving antipsychotics to nursing home residents
- FDA orders recommended dosages of sleeping pills to be halved
- Common antipsychotics dangerous for older adults, new study says
- Common antipsychotics fuel doubts about safety, efficacy
- Off-label use of antipsychotics remains a common part of long-term care, researchers show
- Seroquel maker to pay $5.5M in latest settlement related to off-label use of the antipsychotic drug
- Old wine, new bottles: Increased scrutiny for antipsychotic drug use
- Nursing homes expected to miss 15% antipsychotic reduction goal, but officials focus on progress
- Antipsychotics used too often, study says
- Nursing home residents with dementia can be taken off antipsychotics without behavioral consequences, researchers say
- Reassessments, respect spark antipsychotic-reduction success, providers told
- Antipsychotic goals missed, officials say
- Providers refocus on 15% drug reduction
- CMS and AHCA: Providers zeroing in on antipsychotic reduction target
- AHCA Members Decrease Antipsychotic Use, Beating National Trends
- Common antipsychotic fails as effective delirium treatment, study finds
- CMS updates survey guidelines for antipsychotic drugs in dementia care
- Fewer residents given antipsychotics: CMS
- Facilities approach 15% goal for antipsychotics reduction
- Biggest losers
- Reducing antipsychotics, one resident at a time
- Antidepressant Celexa could be an alternative to antipsychotic medication for Alzheimer's, study suggests
- First-generation antipsychotic use correlated to hospitalization, study finds
- Doctors warn against Aricept for dementia care, supplements for weight control in second annual 'Choosing Wisely' list
- People with dementia are 20% more likely to be rehospitalized, antipsychotic use increases risk, researchers find
- Chemical restraint replaces physical restraint in SNFs
- Looking at dementia beyond drugs and disease
- Doctor accused of vastly overprescribing antipsychotic to nursing home residents loses license
- Antipsychotic use tied to acute kidney injury, increasing pressure on nursing home reduction efforts
- Reducing antipsych meds: 5 ways psychologists can help
- Antipsychotics reduction goal raised to 30% by end of 2016, CMS and provider groups announce
- Calming meds fuel dementia
- Alleged overuse of antipsych drugs leads to federal case
- Antipsychotics goal gets reset
- New goals for antipsychotics not unreasonable, leaders say
- Old And Overmedicated: The Real Drug Problem In Nursing Homes Story 1 of 2
- Nursing homes rarely penalized for over sedating patients Story 2 of 2
- Antipsychotics increase fall risk 50% for long-term care residents and those living in community, study finds
- How to do it ... antipsychotics management
- Providers should use technology to reduce antipsychotic drug use, experts say
- How do we reach new antipsychotic goals?
- Study: antipsychotics being funneled to aging residents
- Antipsychotics, behavior and dementia: A psychiatrist’s view
- American Psychiatric Association calls for 'judicious' use of antipsychotics for people with dementia
- AHCA hits goal for 30% antipsychotic reduction
- Connecting nursing home staff with clinicians to reduce antipsychotic use
- Person-centered, non-drug approaches cut LTC antipsychotic use by 75%
- What do we do when the antipsychotics are gone?
- BIPOLAR DISORDER IN LONG-TERM CARE
- 12 steps to reducing antianxiety/hypnotic meds
- Antipsychotics linked to increased fall risks for SNF residents, study confirms
- Antipsychotic medications worsen delirium symptoms and hasten death
- Risk of Mortality associated with Antipsychotic Monotherapy and Polypharmacy among Community-Dwelling Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Study verifies 'as-needed' drugs, falls tie
- Antipsychotic interactions may raise risk of death in SNF residents, study finds
- List of psychotropic medications considered potentially inappropriate in the elderly has grown
- More Seniors Than Ever Are Combining Brain-Affecting Drugs
- The SNF mental health revolution
- Study: Training SNF staff to recognize residents' unmet needs helps cut antipsychotic use
- New study shows that antipsychotic medications can be reduced in dementia patients
- Association of a Communication Training Program With Use of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
- Reducing Off-Label Use of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes: OASIS
- Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes
- Sustainability of dramatic drop in SNF antipsychotic use in doubt
- High nurse workload may increase inappropriate psychotropic prescribing in SNFs, study says
- CMS: Nursing homes with high antipsychotic rates should aim for a 15% reduction by end of 2019
- Ask the Nursing Expert about ... going alarm-free
- Withering report on misuse of antipsychotics in nursing homes overlooks industry efforts to improve, advocates say
- They Want Docile: How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia
- Seven strategies for treating psychiatric patients in SNFs
- Researchers: Campaign against antipsychotics may have led to rise in riskier drug use
- Reducing the overuse of antipsychotic medication: A person-centered care approach
- Not just a nursing home problem: Antipsychotic use increasing in elderly, community-dwelling dementia patients
- One-third of nursing homes cannot meet behavioral health needs
- Antipsychotic use drops in Eden Alternative model, research finds
- Severely mentally ill residents: A ‘perfect storm’ creates a SNF wave
- Severely mentally ill residents: Staff training, teamwork needed
- Antipsychotics use falls when LTC nurse staffing hours rise: study
- CMS intensifies survey oversight in new memo
- Stumbling blocks or stepping stones? The path to decreasing antipsychotic and psychotropic drug use in older adults
- CMS, OIG agree on increasing scrutiny of psychotropic drug use
- Pandemic disrupted dementia care, increased antipsychotic prescriptions: study
- With ‘hundreds’ of facilities audited over schizophrenia, CMS pursues harsher antipsychotics stance