This resource, provided by The National Consumer Voice, for health care providers and residents, discusses the misuse of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes which can harm long-term care consumers in many ways. When used inappropriately among nursing home residents, antipsychotic medications can:
- Place Nursing Home Residents at Increased Risk of Injury, Harm and Death
- Be Employed as a Chemical Restraint for Nursing Home Residents
- Destroy the Quality of Life and Dignity of Nursing Home Residents
- Cost All Long-Term Care Consumers Billions of Dollars
Residents of long-term care facilities are increasingly being placed on antipsychotic medications despite having no proper diagnosis to warrant their use.