{"id":1834,"date":"2015-03-19T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T14:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctcps.org\/blog\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2015-03-19T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T14:55:06","slug":"op-ed-ct-assembly-should-enact-informed-consent-law-for-nursing-home-elders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/?p=1834","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: CT assembly should enact informed consent law for nursing home elders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to the use of antipsychotic drugs\u00a0to address challenging behaviors presented by seniors with dementia,\u00a0CT exceeded one goal for reduction of use, but\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Newsroom\/MediaReleaseDatabase\/Fact-sheets\/2014-Fact-sheets-items\/2014-09-19.html\" target=\"_blank\">still ranks last in New England <\/a>and 34th in the nation for the use of antipsychotic medications.\u00a0 While better able to be measured in facilities, the use is believed to be high in the community as well.\u00a0 For more in-depth information on this read the <a href=\"http:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2015\/03\/18\/op-ed-ct-assembly-should-enact-informed-consent-law-for-nursing-home-elders\/\" target=\"_blank\">CT Mirror\u00a0Op-Ed <\/a>written by Paul Caron, a CTCPS member has been\u00a0a conservator for elderly parents in long-term care over the last five \u00a0years . He is also a representative\u00a0at a nursing home family council in New Haven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to the use of antipsychotic drugs\u00a0to address challenging behaviors presented by seniors with dementia,\u00a0CT exceeded one goal for reduction of use, but\u00a0still ranks last in New England <\/p>\n<p class=\"readMore\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/?p=1834\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,59],"tags":[390,273,253,30,679],"class_list":["post-1834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-showcase","category-patient-safety-activism","tag-antipsychotic-drugs","tag-dementia","tag-elder-care","tag-informed-consent","tag-long-term-care-facilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1835,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834\/revisions\/1835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ctcps.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}