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Managing Behavioral Problems in the Nursing Home
I am a nursing home administrator struggling with many residents who are having altercations with other residents (e.g., striking, throwing water, struggles). We have previously sent these individuals to geri-psych facilities for evaluation but to no avail. They return on the same meds with the same behavior. At this point we are going to try to manage their behaviors and med regimes with our own primary care physicians and psychiatrist. Unfortunately, I don't feel we have enough information to really enlighten our MDs in the psychiatric issues of the geriatric population. I would appreciate any information you could provide to us. Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
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