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Nursing homes could not use antipsychotic drugs on people with dementia

By Hicbd
Thu Sep 16 2021 9:02 am

"Antipsychotic drugs — which for decades have faced criticism as “chemical straitjackets” — are dangerous for older people with dementia, nearly doubling their chance of death from heart problems, infections, falls and other ailments. But understaffed nursing homes have often used the sedatives so they don’t have to hire more staff to handle residents."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/11/health/nursing-homes-schizophrenia-antipsychotics.html
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/why-antipsychotics-and-dementia-may-not-mix
http://www.canhr.org/stop-drugging/

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Nursing Homes / Long-term Care Dementia U.S. Human Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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