misprescribing antipsychotic drugs to elderly dementia patients is an outrage. it’s also elder abuse.
I’m re-blogging this article with the express permission of the author Dr. Michael A.…
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35 things that may cause people with dementia (and you) to become uncooperative, upset, angry, anxious or “aggressive”
Are people who live with dementia sometimes uncooperative, upset, angry or even “aggressive?” Yes. But…
20 behavioural expressions for which antipsychotic medications are unwarranted and ineffective in people who live with dementia
Antipsychotic medications are meant to treat psychosis, not dementia. Dementia care pioneer Dr. Allen Power…
40 risperdal side effects
I advocate against the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in treating people who live with dementia…
juiced and joyful over jamda
It’s not every day that a non-academic, non-researcher, “nobody” without a whole bunch of letters…
drugging the elderly: how much is too much?
The prescription drug problem in the province of Quebec, particularly with respect to elderly…
List of 15,645 US nursing homes showing percentage of residents on antipsychotics
The United States’ Medicare.gov website includes a comprehensive section called Nursing Home Compare, which contains…
fear and ignorance create resistance
Despite a growing body of research that clearly demonstrates that in the vast majority of…
what happens when care homes stop giving antipsychotics to elderly people with dementia?
In June 2015, the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement released the results of a pan-Canadian collaborative project…
40 seroquel side effects
I advocate against the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in treating people who live with dementia…