False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called chemical restraint, a government watchdog report said.

The handwritten doctor’s order was just eight words long, but it solved a problem for Dundee Manor, a nursing home in rural South Carolina struggling to handle a new resident with severe dementia.

An essential step of the nursing process is crucial to ensure quality of care. Nurses initiate the nursing diagnosis, which describes a response. BOUNTIFUL, UTAH ...

The actual rate of antipsychotic prescriptions in nursing homes is likely buried under “questionable” diagnoses of schizophrenia, according to a new report by The New York Times. At least one-fifth of ...