Use of Antipsychotics in BPSD

This app is designed to help providers understand, assess and manage residents in LTC homes with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (responsive behaviours), with a focus on antipsychotic medications. The app integrates best-practice evidence with clinical experience, and emphasizes the following important principles:

* Being resident-centred,

* Being mindful of benefits, risks and safety concerns,

* Using an interprofessional team approach and validated tools,

* Prescribing conservatively, and,

* Reassessing regularly for opportunities to deprescribe medications that are no longer needed.