Psychotropic medications in older people in residential care facilities and associations with quality of life: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychotropic medications have been associated with many adverse outcomes in older people living in residential care. Home-like models of residential care may be preferable to traditional models of care and we hypothesized that this model may impact on the prevalence of psychotropic medications. The objectives were to: 1) examine associations between psychotropic medications and quality of life in older adults living in residential care facilities with a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia and 2) determine if there was a difference in prevalence of psychotropic medications in facilities which provide a small group home-like model of residential care compared to a 'standard model' of care.

Methods

Participants included 541 residents from 17 resident

SUBMITTER: Harrison SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389148 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature