Educating Nursing Home Staff in Dementia Sensitive Communication: Impact on Antipsychotic Medication Use

An educational program to enhance communication in nursing home dementia care increased person-centered communication by staff and resulted in reduced resident behavioral symptoms measured as resistiveness to care. The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate effects on resident antipsychotic medication use in participating nursing homes. The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care set a goal of reducing antipsychotic medications in nursing homes by 15% during the study period.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - November 22, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Clarissa Shaw, Kristine N. Williams, Yelena Perkhounkova Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research