Jeremy Wright, MP for Rugby and Kenilworth and Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, looks at the use of anti-psychotic drugs in care homes.
I suspect that dementia is an issue that many readers will be familiar with - 1 in 3 older people will end their lives with a form of dementia, an estimated 700,000 people in the UK have a form of dementia, and this is expected to rise to a million in less than 20 years.
On Monday, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, we launched A Last Resort which is a report into the use of anti-psychotic drugs in care homes. Two thirds of care home residents have a form of dementia. The report highlights expert findings that suggest that 105,000 people with dementia are given anti-psychotic drugs inappropriately. This equates to 70% of all prescriptions.
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