Many Nursing Homes Abuse Antipsychotic Drugs As “Chemical Restraints” Each week, 179,000 nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs for conditions that the medications were not approved for, according to the Human Rights Watch. Unfortunately many nursing homes use antipsychotics to help handle patients considered difficult because of dementia or Alzheimer’s. But federal Read More >>
Media Advisory: Latest Federal Data Reveal Widespread Antipsychotic Drugging of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia – LTCCC
June 6, 2018 By
A new (June 5) Media Advisory from the Long Term Care Community Coalition provides the following information: “Despite the Food and Drug Administration’s ‘black box’ warnings against using antipsychotics on elderly patients, they are frequently used to treat the so-called behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.” Below is the complete text of the Advisory (shared by Dalli & Read More >>
