New data shows one in five aged care residents are being given antipsychotic medication, and elderly residents are more likely to be given the drugs if they live in rural areas.
New data shows one in five aged care residents is being given antipsychotic medication — mind-altering drugs that the aged care royal commission linked to chemical restraint.Residents of aged care homes in rural Australia are more likely to receive the drugsThe mandatory data, collected for the Department of Health from more than 2,400 aged care homes, reveals a heavy reliance on the use of the drugs in the sector.
The Department of Health says a proposal to have registered nurses rostered full-time in aged care homes is "simplistic". The home she worked at failed an audit from the aged care watchdog, the Quality and Safety Commission, in 2020 over its use of antipsychotic drugs.Ms Gorton said she witnessed workers using antipsychotics as a form of restraint because they did not have the capacity to care for residents.
"We found homes where more than 75 per cent of residents were given these drugs and there was not adequate documentation of why they needed them or relevant diagnosis," researcher Sophie McNeill said.
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