Federal regulators and advocacy groups have long been calling attention to the serious risks associated with antipsychotic medications when prescribed for nursing home residents with dementia. Yet nursing home antipsychotic drugging rates are above the state and national average at four of the six licensed facilities in Newport County. Why so high? The Dig podcast producer Janine Weisman visits Village House Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Newport to find out.

<p>Federal regulators and advocacy groups have long been calling attention to the serious risks associated with antipsychotic medications when prescribed for nursing home residents with dementia. Yet nursing home antipsychotic drugging rates are above the state and national average at four of the six licensed facilities in Newport County. Why so high? The Dig podcast producer Janine Weisman visits Village House Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Newport to find out.</p>

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Why are nursing home antipsychotic drugging rates so high?

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