Learning Session 6: Addressing Barriers to Change: The Perspective of Psychiatry, Nursing and Medical Directors

This is the final webinar in the Antipsychotic Reduction Series, a partnership between Qsource and Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging. An interdisciplinary team created this series to assist long-term care facilities in their efforts to decrease reliance on antipsychotic medications.

In this final session, all previous presenters (geriatric psychiatrist, nurse practitioner, and medical director) return to discuss common barriers they face when trying to reduce antipsychotic medication usage as well as provide helpful advice for how to work through these challenges.

Objectives:

To discuss the benefits of and barriers to reducing antipsychotic medications as identified by focus group participants
To identify and address barriers encountered by each profession

Presenters:

Paul Newhouse, MD
Warren Taylor, MD
James Powers, MD
Ralf Habermann, MD
Jennifer Kim, DNP, GNP-BC

Available Webinars:

Learning Session 1:
Introduction to Dementia Care and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement

Learning Session 2:
Understanding Dementia and the Nature of Behavioral Disturbances

Learning Session 3:
Psycho-pharmacology in the Long-Term Care Setting

Learning Session 4:
Principles of Non-Pharmacologic Management and the Formulation of Behavioral Care Plans

Learning Session 5:
The Implementation of Behavioral Care Plans and the Management of Pharmacological Approaches

Learning Session 6:
Addressing Barriers to Change: The Perspective of Psychiatry, Nursing and Medical Directors

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