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New Dementia Care Program Aimed at Reducing Antipsychotic Use

By |December 17, 2013|Categories: Advice, Companies, Insurance Industry, Psychology, Retirement Planning|Tags: , , |

A new program is now available to long term care providers who are looking to improve the quality of dementia care.

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Compiled by the AMDA, the resource is free if you agree to take a survey at the end. long term careThe program provides information for both prescribers and non-prescribers to help focus on person-centered care and reduce the number of antipsychotic medications used in long term care facilities, specifically nursing homes.

Though long term care providers have made progress in cutting down  the number of antipsychotic drugs used, a recent[…]

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