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Feds’ antipsychotic drug reduction efforts in assisted living fail to produce success seen in nursing...
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 23, 2022
A federal initiative to reduce antipsychotic prescribing in long-term care facilities failed to impact prescriptions in assisted living residents with dementia, the first study of its kind has found.