McKnight’s Long-Term Care News reports on a study that found “a brief staff training session on good drug practices for older adults led to significant reduction in psychotropic drug use in assisted living communities.” Researchers examined “prescribing practices for 227 residents aged 65 years and older in 2011,” and found a “significant reduction in all psychotropic drug use” among residents with trained nurses. However, the improvement disappeared within 12 months.

The findings were presented at the October 2021 session of the European Geriatric Medicine Society annual congress.