%0 Journal Article
%T Reducing falls in residents with dementia by reducing psychotropic medication use: does it work?
%J Journal for nurse practitioners, The
%D 2017
%A Cadwell, Sandra
%A Dearmon, Valorie
%A VandeWaa, Elizabeth A.
%V 13
%N 4
%P e191-e194
%X 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>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1555-4155
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.10.018