Nursing wages and use of anti psychotic drugs and sedatives ( directly proportional)

 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 Friday  Nursing Homes Give More Drugs When Staff Wages Rise A 10% rise in nursing-home staff wages increases the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications for demented patients by 1.1% to 3.5%, according to a team of researchers led by David C. Grabowski of Harvard Medical School. Nursing homes use various means to manage patients' behavior, and drugs are sometimes seen as less-costly substitutes for staff when wages rise. Source: Labor Prices and the Treatment of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia