TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Reducing falls in residents with dementia by reducing psychotropic medication use: does it work?
JO  - Journal for nurse practitioners, The
A1  - Cadwell, Sandra
A1  - Dearmon, Valorie
A1  - VandeWaa, Elizabeth A.
SP  - e191
EP  - e194
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1555-4155
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.10.018
ID  - ref1
ER  -