Effect of an interdisciplinary educational program on antipsychotic prescribing among nursing home residents with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 574-579

  Monette, Johanne ^a,b,c   Champoux, Nathalie ^d   Monette, Michèle ^b,c,e   Fournier, Lynn ^e   Wolfson, Christina ^b,c   du Fort, Guillaume Galbaud ^c   Sourial, Nadia ^b,c   Le Cruguel, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Gore, Brian ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic use; Dementia; Disruptive behaviors; Interdisciplinary educational program; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEBEC;

EID: 46749135174     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1934     Document Type: Article

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