Date published:
Type:
Subscriber announcement
Audience:
Health sector
The Chief Medical Officer has written to approximately 28,000 practitioners about new resources for prescribers to support care of people with dementia who live in residential aged care.
The resources and information has been developed to help practitioners who:
- have prescribed an antipsychotic or benzodiazepine to a patient living in residential aged care
- are working in an aged care setting
These include:
- general practitioners
- specialists
- nurse practitioners
- other medical practitioners
The resources include:
- information about prescribing psychotropics in residential aged care
- a quick reference guide 6 steps for safe prescribing antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in residential aged care
- information for prescribers
- information for nurses and personal care workers
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