Why deprescribing antipsychotics in older people with dementia in long‐term care is not always successful: Insights from the HALT study

Abstract

Nursing staff are the key drivers of deprescribing particularly in response to perceived worsening agitation and aggression among male residents. The train-the-trainer model used in the HALT trial may have been insufficient on its own to improve staff competence and confidence in applying nonpharmacological approaches when responding to behaviour change.