The Anti-Antipsychotics Crusade Appears to Have Flopped — Could They Be Coming After You?

January 1, 2023
Caring for the Ages

For over half a century, medication management of behavior and psychiatric conditions (BPCs) in nursing home residents has been controversial. Over a decade ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a “National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes” (http://bit.ly/3ADBCwm) that included efforts to reduce the prescribing of antipsychotics.