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Always a last resort
— Inquiry into the prescription of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia living in care homes | | Author(s) | Jeremy Wright |
| Corporate Author | All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia; Alzheimer's Society |
| Publisher | Electronic format, April 2008 |
| Pages | 38 pp |
| Source | Download from website: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/downloads/ALZ_Society... |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Dementia ; Care homes ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) conducted this inquiry because of concerns expressed by carers, patient organisations and academics regarding the appropriateness and safety of prescribing antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia. This report presents APPG's findings based on organisations' and individuals' views on five questions. First, how widespread is the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia in care homes? Second, why are people with dementia in care homes being prescribed antipsychotic drugs? Third, to what extent is the use of these drugs appropriate? Fourth, what alternatives are there to the use of antipsychotics? Lastly, what steps should be taken to ensure the appropriate prescription of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia? Recommendations made include: mandatory dementia and antipsychotics training for all care home staff; effective support for care homes from general practitioners, and psychology and psychiatric services; protocols for prescribing, monitoring and review of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia; and compulsory regulation and audit of such prescribing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080529501 E |
| Classmark | LLD: EA: KW: 6K |
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