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National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes Campaign: State and Facility Strategies, Impact, and Antipsychotic Reduction Outcomes

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Antipsychotic medications have been widely used in nursing homes to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, despite significantly increased mortality risk. Use grew rapidly during the 2000s, reaching 23.9% of residents by 2011. A national campaign for saf...

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Autores principales: Crystal, Stephen, Jarrín, Olga F, Rosenthal, Marsha, Hermida, Richard, Angell, Beth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32699827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa018