Introduction: New antipsychotics continuously arrive on the market, which thereby influences
the approved and off-label prescribing (OLP) schemes. We aimed to identify the recent …

BACKGROUND: Nonpharmacological therapies are often recommended as a first-line
treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia in long term care (LTC); …

Examining the literature, there is a clear emerging consensus about the positive and
negative effects of antipsychotic drugs. This review has benefited from being able to access …

Because of the high proportion of nursing home residents with a mental illness other than
dementia, the quality of mental health care in nursing homes is a major clinical and policy …

Abstract Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to test the impact of Function-
Focused Care for the Cognitively Impaired Intervention on nursing home residents with …

Background The use of antipsychotic medications (APMs) in nursing home residents in the
US is an increasingly prominent issue and has been associated with increased risk of …

Background: Older people in general and care home residents in particular are at high risk
of suboptimal or inappropriate prescribing. To date, research into potentially inappropriate …

OBJECTIVES: To test the effect of an adapted US model of pharmaceutical care on
prescribing of inappropriate psychoactive (anxiolytic, hypnotic, and antipsychotic) …

Objective: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) each created initiatives to reduce off-label use of antipsychotics in …

Background Research concerning the overprescribing of psychotropic medicines in nursing
homes suggests that organizational climate plays a significant role in the use of psychotropic …