Objectives: Nursing home (NH) residents with dementia is exposed to high rates of
psychotropic prescriptions. Our objectives were to:(1) pool the prevalence estimates of …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a priority health problem with a high cost to society and a large
consumption of medical and social resources. The management of AD patients is complex …

Objective To investigate the impact of medication reviews using collegial mentoring and
systematic clinical evaluation on psychotropic prescriptions, behavioral and psychological …

Objectives The use of psychotropic drugs in long-term care (LTC) is very common, despite
their known adverse effects. The prevalence of opioid use is growing among older adults …

Background Residents at nursing homes (NHs) are at particular risk for drug related harm.
Regular medication reviews using explicit criteria for pharmacological inappropriateness …

Objective The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of the Function and
Behavior Focused Care for the Cognitively Impaired (FBFC-CI) intervention on function …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of a multicenter intervention to reduce potentially
inappropriate antipsychotic use in Canadian nursing homes at the individual and facility …

Objectives: Use of antipsychotic drugs in long-term aged care (LTC) is prevalent and
commonly exceeds the recommended duration, but contributors to this problem are not well …

This study described current use and predictors of psychotropics among residents with
moderate to severe cognitive impairment. This was a secondary data analysis using …

Many medications are prescribed and administered PRN (pro re nata, as needed). However,
there are few integrative reviews to inform PRN psychotropic medication use in long-term …