Study: Technology helps decrease antipsychotic use in residents with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2016
Use of touchscreen computers with interfaces tailored to residents’ interests and abilities can result in a clinically significant decrease in the use of antipsychotic drugs among those with dementia,...
GAO has good points in how, why antipsychotics are given
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2015
The government recognizes the progress made in nursing homes with reduction of antipsychotics for residents with dementia, but also notes many who live in assisted living are receiving the drugs. It’s...