16 December, 2019
Kate Fulford and Andrew Stafford report on the findings from the first two years of the Dementia Training Australia Medication Management Consultancy
Articles tagged with: antipsychotic medication
16 December, 2019
DTA’s Medication Management Consultancy has seen as much as a 60% relative reduction in antipsychotic medications prescribed within residential aged care facilities across Australia.
7 May, 2019
Responsive behaviours are experienced by many people who are living with dementia. Non-medication approaches are overwhelmingly the most appropriate and effective means of providing support.
15 March, 2019
A free tool to help residential aged care providers monitor and reduce the use of antipsychotic medications in facilities.
26 February, 2019
DTA has developed a tool to help aged care providers monitor their use of antipsychotic medications.
23 October, 2018
DTA Director Andrew Stafford writes about the alarmingly high proportion of people living with dementia using antipsychotic medications
20 November, 2017
Dementia Training Australia (DTA) has released a new mobile device app to assist staff involved in medication management to provide quality use of medicines for people living with dementia.
26 October, 2017
Dementia Training Australia has released a new mobile app to assist staff involved in medication management to provide quality use of medicines for people living with dementia.
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