CMS announces new goals to reduce antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes.

ANTIPSYCHOTIC drugs -- Therapeutic use; COGNITIVE therapy; MEDICAL care; NURSING home patients; NURSING care facilities; CENTERS for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.); CONSUMER activism; PATIENT-centered care; INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine); OLD age

The article reports on the goal to reduce antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes by 2015 and 2016, announced by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on September 19, 2014. Topics include the collaboration between the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and nursing homes to reduce the rate further, the reduction in the prevalence of antipsychotic use by nursing home residents, and efforts by CMS and its partners to help meet their goals.