Best Practice Guide for Safely Reducing Anti-Psychotic Drug Use in Residential Care

From the BC Care Providers Association comes the Best Practice Guide for Safely Reducing Anti-Psychotic Drug Use in Residential Care.  The best practice guideline was written in response to a British Columbia Ministry of Health report released in December 2011 which cautioned against the increase, in the use of anti-psychotic medication for persons with dementia in long-term care facilities.   

The guide is divided into three parts.  The first part discusses dementia and the use of ant-psychotic drugs as well as its impact on workplace safety.  The second part of the guideline looks at the efforts and strategies of 7 long-term care facilities in BC that decreased the use of anti-psychotic drugs.  These examples demonstrate the steps that can be taken at similar facilities.  The final part of the guide looks at resources on the topic.

For more information and to download a copy of the report, please click here.