Alert: LTCCC Releases New Nursing Home Antipsychotic Drugging Data While Warning of Gaps in Federal Reporting
May 8, 2026 – The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) today released new, facility-level data on antipsychotic (AP) drugging in U.S. nursing homes, highlighting both the continuing prevalence of antipsychotic use and disturbing limitations in [...]
External Resources: Pain Assessment
Recognizing and managing pain in individuals with dementia can be challenging, as they may have difficulty expressing their discomfort. Caregivers need the right tools to assess pain effectively and ensure proper care. This page [...]
LTCCC Alert: Antipsychotic Drugs Administered to More Than One in Five Nursing Home Residents
Click to download user-friendly, searchable data on AP drugging rates for Q4 2023. June 3, 2024 – Each week, dangerous antipsychotic (AP) drugs are administered to approximately 250,000 nursing home residents, often without clinical [...]
LTCCC Alert: Alarming Rate of Antipsychotic Drugging in US Nursing Homes
Click to download user-friendly data on AP drugging rates for NY nursing homes in Q3 2023. March 18, 2024 – Each week, roughly 250,000 nursing home residents are given dangerous antipsychotic (AP) drugs. [...]
LTCCC Alert: Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugging Persists Despite Federal Partnership
Contact: Richard Mollot, richard@ltccc.org, 212-385-0356 December 20, 2022 – More than one million people live in US nursing homes and each week, one in five of them are given dangerous antipsychotic (AP) drugs. In [...]
How Colorblind Policies Fail Nursing Home Residents (NursingHome411 Podcast)
The NursingHome411 Podcast U.S. health care is plagued by racism, and nowhere is that more evident than in the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes. Whether it’s COVID, care quality, or inappropriate drugging, research consistently shows [...]
Webinar: A Campaign Sedated: Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugging Persists Despite Federal Initiative
Presenters: Richard Mollot (LTCCC) and Tony Chicotel (CANHR) PowerPoint Slides (PDF) Dementia Care Advocacy Toolkit AP Drugging Data
LTCCC Alert: Latest Data Indicate Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugging is Rampant in Nursing Homes
The following is an alert for the Q2 2021 Antipsychotic Drugging Rates. To access the data, click here. January 11, 2022 – Inappropriate antipsychotic (AP) drugging is a pervasive problem in nursing homes across [...]
US Nursing Home Antipsychotic Drugging Rates: 2019Q4
The inappropriate antipsychotic drugging of nursing home residents is a widespread and serious problem. Below is information on the antipsychotic drugging rates for all licensed nursing homes, by state, for the fourth quarter of [...]