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PEARL Specialised Dementia Service Confirms Reduced Requirement for Antipsychotic Medication (Four Seasons Health Care)

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This report covers the progress of Four Seasons Health Care in halving use of antipsychotic medication for adults with dementia through their specialist PEARL (Positively Enriching And enhancing Residents’ Lives) care programme. Many positive outcomes are reported. Full Text … Continue reading →

Resources to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia (UKMi / East & South East England Specialist Pharmacy Services)

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This document assembles a collection of resources to support primary and secondary care pharmacists in reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotics for patients showing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). The resources are based on the “Medicines Use … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication (British Psychological Society)

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) has released the “Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication” report in support of the Dementia Action Alliance’s campaign against the over-prescription of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia. This report shows how evidence-based … Continue reading →

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Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs in Care Homes (NHS Choices / Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service has drawn attention to a further study raising concern over the prescribing of psychotropic medicines for elderly people living in care homes. The study in question examined how psychotropic drugs – i.e. … Continue reading →

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Antipsychotic Prescribing for Dementia Patients Declines in UK (BMJ Open)

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary A cohort study into the pattern and trends in the use of antipsychotics and antidepressants etc. in Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias has discovered that antipsychotic prescribing by GPs did fall markedly from 20% in 1995 to around 7% … Continue reading →

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Recent Elderly Mental Health Related Systematic Reviews (October – December 2012)

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this collection appeared in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 5, January 2013]. Here are recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the subject of elderly mental health. Antipsychotics / Psychosis Steinberg, … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Systematic Reviews | Tagged Atypical Antipsychotics, Best of the Rest: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Bipolar Disorders, Elderly Mental Health Related Systematic Reviews, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes | 1 Comment

Low Dose Antipsychotics in People with Dementia (NICE ADA)

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary NICE has produced a series of academic detailing aids (ADAs) from “NPC Key Therapeutic Topics: medicines management … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights | Tagged Academic Detailing Aids (ADAs), Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), Differemtial Antipsychotic-Related Mortality Risks, Differential Risk of Death (Antipsychotic Drugs), Low Dose Antipsychotics, NICE ADA, NPC Key Therapeutic Topics, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia | Leave a comment

Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing in UK Mental Health Services (British Journal of Psychiatry)

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2012]. Summary Researchers attempted to estimate the prevalence of antipsychotic use for dementia in secondary mental health services in the UK and … Continue reading →

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Prescribing of Antipsychotics for Dementia Patients Declined Sharply in England 2006-2011 (Health and Social Care Information Centre)

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary The percentage of dementia patients being prescribed antipsychotic drugs fell sharply over the period 2006-2011 according to a statistical report … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, England, Epidemiology, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inappropriate Prescribing, National Audit of Dementia, National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit 2012, NHS Information Centre, Percentage of People Diagnosed with Dementia with Antipsychotic Prescription 2006 - 2011, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Dementia Registers, Right Prescription (Dementia Action Alliance) | Leave a comment

Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes in the United States: Response to Regulatory Stringency (Health Economics)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This paper studies the impact of regulatory stringency in the USA (as measured by the statewide deficiency citation rate over the past year) on the quality of care provided in a US national sample of nursing homes from 2000 … Continue reading →

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