McKnight's November 10, 2022
Long-stay nursing home residents were more depressed during the pandemic and treated more often with drugs that work on the central nervous system, according to a study across Michigan facilities. The results should prompt nursing home clinicians to consider medication reviews and dose reduction at this time, investigators say.
Study participants included more than 37,000 nursing home residents with dementia. Most were female, aged 80 years or older, white and resided in a for-profit facility. Data came from Minimum Data Set assessments between Jan. 1, 2018 and June 30, 2021. Residents who had schizophrenia, Tourette syndrome or Huntington’s disease were not included.
Treatment rates rise
The percent of residents with moderate depressive symptoms increased during COVID-19 when compared to pre-COVID-19, as...
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