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Dementia care in nursing homes: a golden opportunity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2014

Alice Bonner
Alice Bonner*
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School of Nursing, Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA Email: a.bonner@neu.edu
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The paper by Kleijer and colleagues (2014) in this issue of International Psychogeriatrics describes factors that may influence antipsychotic drug (APD) prescribing rates in nursing homes in several countries. The authors conclude that the large variability is only partly explained by differences in resident characteristics, and that it is associated with certain facility characteristics such as bed size and urban/rural location. They also identify the likelihood that differences in physician prescribing patterns or facility prescribing culture may influence APD prescribing rates, as has been found in previous studies (Briesacher et al., 2005; Chen et al., 2010).

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Commentary Paper of the Month
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , March 2014 , pp. 361 - 362
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2014 

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