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Search Results for: antipsychotic drug use

Music & Memory Used in Texas Statewide Effort to Improve Long-Term Care Residents’ Well-Being

May 3, 2021

Texas has decreased its use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities by 58 percent – more than any other state, […]

Filed Under: News

Research Study Finds Music & Memory Program Reduces Distressed Behavior and Decreases Need for Antipsychotic Medication in Dementia Patients

August 6, 2020

In the most comprehensive study of its kind on the effects of the Music & Memory program, researchers from the […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's and Dementia, News, Nursing Home Culture Change

When and How to Taper Antipsychotics for Nursing Home Residents: Lessons from Wisconsin

July 6, 2015

Can personalized playlists help care organizations to reduce reliance on antipsychotics to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia? Research […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's and Dementia, Nursing Home Culture Change Tagged With: Alzheimer's, antipsychotic drug use, benefits of personalized music, dementia, nursing home culture change, Wisconsin Music & Memory Initiative

MUSIC & MEMORY® Helps Wisconsin Nursing Homes Reduce Antipsychotic Use

November 14, 2014

When Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS) decided to implement Music & Memory’s personalized music program in 100 long-term care […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's and Dementia, News, Nursing Home Culture Change Tagged With: Alzheimer's, antipsychotic drug use, benefits of personalized music, dementia, nursing home culture change, Wisconsin Music & Memory Initiative

Improving Resident Quality of Life: How Music Favorites Helped Reduce Antipsychotic Use at New York’s Coler-Carter SHNF

February 20, 2014

The elderly Asian woman stood by the nurses’ station, tapping her fingers on the counter in time to music playing […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's and Dementia, Nursing Home Culture Change Tagged With: Alzheimer's, antipsychotic drug use, benefits of personalized music, Coler-Carter, Coler-Goldwater, dementia

A “Strong Intervention”: How Personalized Music Helped Lemon Grove Cut Antipsychotic Use in Half

April 2, 2013

Whenever Judy Ely sits down with a new resident at the Lemon Grove Care Center to learn about his or […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's and Dementia, Nursing Home Culture Change Tagged With: Alzheimer's, antipsychotic drug use, benefits of personalized music, creative therapy, dementia, depression, Lemon Grove Care Center, memory care

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