This page provides access to support materials on improving prescribing for managing behavioural problems in people living with dementia. For more resources on managing behaviours that challenge, go to Decision support tools.
Context
- NICE clinical guideline 42 Dementia: Supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2006) - NICE technology appraisal TA111 Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine (review) and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2009) - The use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia: Time for action
Professor Sube Banerjee, The Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (2009) - Government response to Professor Sube Banerjee’s report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia
Department of Health (2009) - Implementation of the National Dementia Strategy: local delivery and local accountability
Department of Health (2010) Letter from David Nicholson to SHA Chief Executives
Support materials
- Good Prescribing in Dementia
NHS Isle of Wight (2010) - Managing Behavioural Problems in Patients with Dementia
NHS Isle of Wight (2010) - Medicines management and improving antipsychotic prescribing in Hampshire
NHS Hampshire (2010) - NHS South West Essex project on polypharmacy for people with dementia
NHS South West Essex (2010) - Psychotropic Medicine Management for People in Care Homes with Dementia
NHS East and South East England Specialist Pharmacy Service, NHS Norfolk, Norfolk County Council, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (2010) - Management of medicines used for agitation (psychotropics) prescribed for discretionary administration by care home staff (PRN) – Self assessment tool
NHS Norfolk, Norfolk County Council, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (2010) - Reducing psychotropic prescribing in care homes
NHS Norfolk (2010) - The use of antipsychotics for behavioural problems in people with dementia
NHS Norfolk (2010) - Trust Prescribing Guidance – Managing Behavioural Problems in Patients with Dementia
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2010)