"They Want Docile": How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia

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Key recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. The risks and harms of antipsychotic medications on people with demenia in nursing facilities -- III. Inappropriate and non-consensual use of antipsychotic medications -- IV. Inadequate government regulation and enforcement -- V. International human rights and US law -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1. Glossary -- Appendix 2. Key data on states and facilities visited -- Appendix 3. State-level data on antipsychotic drugs in US nursing facilities -- Appendix 4. Methodological note on data analysis -- Appendix 5. Correspondence with CMS -- Appendix 6. Correspondence with LeadingAge -- Appendix 7. Correspondence with American Health Care Association -- Appendix 8. Informed consent documents.

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