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During a recent press conference at the state Capitol, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal announced his intent to halt what he calls the overprescription of off-label antipsychotic drugs to nursing home patients. Medical advocates and elderly care advocates also announced the formation of a Connecticut-based coalition made up of nursing home groups and public health employees. Their aim is to reduce by 15 percent the amount of antipsychotics prescribed to elderly patients, calling it “chemical restraint.”<\/p>\n

Sen. Blumenthal and the coalition of advocates, the Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes, have stated that the extensive dispensing of antipsychotic medications to dementia patients residing in long-term care facilities and nursing homes is a form of elder abuse, no less offensive than using physical restraints. The medications in question include Olanzapine, Risperidone and Quetiapine.<\/p>\n

Qualidigm, a Medicare quality improvement organization based in Connecticut, sponsors the coalition and Senator Bluemnthal’s bill, which suggests alternative techniques (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During a recent press conference at the state Capitol, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal announced his intent to halt what he calls the overprescription of off-label antipsychotic drugs to nursing home patients. Medical advocates and elderly care advocates also announced the…<\/span><\/p>\n

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