Residents with psychiatric conditions, cognitive impairments, or dementia may have difficulty coping or understanding and interpreting the various daily activities that occur within the nursing home setting. Medications may be an important part of the treatment plan to assist the resident to maintain functional abilities and preserve quality of life. However, federal regulations provide specific guidelines when psychotropic medications are a part of the treatment plan. To assist facilities to strengthen their process for evaluating the use of psychotropic medications, PARRI has forged partnerships with three facilities within the Commonwealth that have developed solid psychotropic medication review procedures that are consistently applied and have promoted positive care outcomes. These three facilities offer free training sessions to any facility seeking assistance with the psychotropic medication review process. The training sites are:

• Mountain View Care Center, Scranton, PA
• St. Anne's Home, Inc., Columbia, PA
• St. Paul Homes, Greenville, PA

In addition to offering training sessions, the training sites are a valuable resource to nursing, social service, restorative and activity staff members for questions regarding a psychotropic medication review process. To schedule a training session for psychotropic medication review at any of these sites, please contact Sara Wright, PARRI at 610-683-5839 or swright@kendaloutreach.org