Published: February 13, 2019
A geriatric expert has told the royal commission nursing homes are ‘reaching for the script pads too early’
A geriatric expert has warned nursing homes are “reaching for the script pads too early”, prescribing sedatives and anti-depressants to elderly people and putting them at greater risk of death, stroke, disability and pneumonia.
Geriatrician Edward Strivens said the drugs were useful in about 10% of cases. But up to 80% of dementia patients are taking some form of psychotropic drug.
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