A large study shows risperidone raises stroke risk in patients with dementia, even those without cardiovascular disease — ...

Nursing homes in states that adopted essential caregiver programs during COVID saw antipsychotic use decline, underscoring the need to avoid resident isolation in future health crises, researchers say ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced new strategies to help decrease the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medication in nursing homes. Those include updates to the State ...

O lder adults with Alzheimer's disease or dementia who were newly prescribed benzodiazepines or antipsychotic drugs in ...

For nursing home residents with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) receiving hospice care, initiation of ...

Despite positive signs in reducing overuse of psychotropic medication in aged care, some areas still need urgent attention according to Macquarie University's Associate Professor Magda Raban. Almost ...

Hospice care aims to bring comfort, peace, and dignity to patients at the end of life. Yet for the growing number of ...