Use of Antipsychotics in BPSD
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Descrizione
This app is designed to help providers understand, assess and manage residents in LTC homes with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (responsive behaviours), with a focus on antipsychotic medications. The app integrates best-practice evidence with clinical experience, and emphasizes the following important principles:
* Being resident-centred,
* Being mindful of benefits, risks and safety concerns,
* Using an interprofessional team approach and validated tools,
* Prescribing conservatively, and,
* Reassessing regularly for opportunities to deprescribe medications that are no longer needed.
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Aggiornata: 2019-11-27
Versione corrente: 1.0
È necessario Android: Android 5.1 or later