@article{ref1,
title="Reducing falls in residents with dementia by reducing psychotropic medication use: does it work?",
journal="Journal for nurse practitioners, The",
year="2017",
author="Cadwell, Sandra and Dearmon, Valorie and VandeWaa, Elizabeth A.",
volume="13",
number="4",
pages="e191-e194",
abstract="Falls in elderly patients with dementia are common and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Psychotropic medications used to treat dementia are discouraged and may contribute to patient falls. Evidence-based clinical guidelines for appropriate antipsychotic use in this population exist. A nurse practitioner-led team used evidence-based tools to reduce psychotropic medication use in residents with dementia on a memory care unit and evaluated the effect on patient falls. Despite evidence linking falls to psychotropic medications, a reduction in resident falls was not found.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1555-4155",
doi="10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.10.018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.10.018"
}