
10 seldom-mentioned “side effects” of using antipsychotics in long-term dementia care, which are also 10 more good reasons we should #BanBPSD
There are a tonne of reasons not to give antipsychotics to people who live with…
There are a tonne of reasons not to give antipsychotics to people who live with…
When I read reporter Gillian Slade’s Medicine Hat News article on Teepa Snow’s perspective on…
The United States’ Medicare.gov website includes a comprehensive section called Nursing Home Compare, which contains…
In June 2015, the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement released the results of a pan-Canadian collaborative project…
As a result of my experiences as a care partner to someone living with dementia, I…
Members of the worldwide Alzheimer’s and dementia care community overwhelmingly recommend against using antipsychotic drugs…
The more research I do into the inappropriate use of antipsychotics to address responsive behaviours in…
Antipsychotic medications such as Risperdal (risperidone) and Seroquel (quetiapine) are prescribed to elderly people with dementia…
Dementia care and elder care advocates in Canada and around the world will tell you…
It’s February 4, 2020. Six years after the fact. Six years — almost to the…