Medication Management
Consultancy

DTA provides a consultancy service that assists residential care providers to ensure that their use of antipsychotic medications is aligned with recommended practice.

Make sure you meet current guidelines
Access up-to-date resources
Make supported, sustainable change

The Medication Management Consultancy may help your organisation meet the Aged Care Quality Standards: Standard 3

This consultancy is offered as a component of a DTA Tailored Training Program.

About the service

There is a growing awareness of the potential over- and inappropriate use of psychotropic medications, such as antipsychotics and other sedatives, in older people, especially those with dementia.

The Medication Management Consultancy is an evidence based service that assists staff to:

Optimise the use of antipsychotic medications

Support people with responsive behaviours

The ultimate goal of the consultancy is to contribute to reducing the number of antipsychotic medications used to support people with responsive behaviours, ensuring that these medications are prescribed at the lowest possible dose for the shortest possible.

What’s included

1 Benchmarking

before and after implementation to measure:

Staff knowledge about recommended use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviours
Number of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviours

2 Resources

to support appropriate use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviours

Online staff education
Education for staff on how to use resources
DTA reminder stickers, reference cards and reference poster
Fact sheets for relatives and carers about antipsychotic medication use for responsive behaviours (Dementia Australia)

3 Support

DTA consultant to support staff through the change process
Development of a mechanism to ensure sustainability of changes at the workplace e.g. policy and procedure