For Immediate Release
October 15, 2015

SACRAMENTO – The number of residents in skilled nursing homes in California receiving unnecessary antipsychotic medication has reached a new low according to a new report from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

As of the second quarter of 2015, 14.2 percent of residents in the state are prescribed antipsychotic medication, according to federal regulators. That compares to 18 percent of residents who are receiving antipsychotics on average across the nation.