Episode 5: All Things LTC

Hosts: Care of the Elderly Drs. Christine Miller & Margaret Manville

Art: Aikansha Chawla

Useful Websites & Resources:
Antipsychotic Use Rose During Pandemic
https://dialogue.cpso.on.ca/2023/03/antipsychotic-use-rose-during-pandemic/

Alberta Health Services: Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics (AUA) Toolkit
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/scns/auatoolkit.aspx

Deprescribing antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and insomnia: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Bjerre, Farrell, Hogel, Graham, Lemay, McCarthy, Raman-Wilms, Rojas-Fernandez, Sinha, Thompson, Welch & Wiens. (2018). Canadian family physician, 64(1), 17–27.

Antipsychotic (AP) Deprescribing Algorithm
https://deprescribing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AP-deprescribing-algorithm-2018-English.pdf

Antipsychotic Deprescribing Tool
https://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/about/news-and-stories/news-detail/2020/05/22/the-antipsychotic-deprescribing-tool

BCCPA: A Pathway to Ensuring the Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Continuing Care
https://bccare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BCCPA-Antipsychotics-Guide-2018.pdf