Objectives: To describe the extent to which nursing homes engaged families in antipsychotic initiation decisions in the year before surveyor guidance revisions were implemented.
Design: Mixed-methods study based on semistructured interviews.
Setting: U.
Objectives: To describe the rationales that providers and family members cite for the use of antipsychotic medications in people with dementia living in nursing homes (NHs).
Design: Qualitative, descriptive study.
Setting: Twenty-six medium-sized and large facilities in five Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regions.