Resident Rights

Antipsychotic drugging in Texas nursing homes

Ellery Care · unbiased Texas nursing-home data

residents, at the worst homes

When a quarter of a home's long-stay residents are on antipsychotics, it's worth asking hard questions.

Sometimes it's a chemical restraint

Antipsychotics are sometimes used to sedate residents with dementia rather than treat a real diagnosis — a practice regulators have warned against for years.

It's on the record

Every home reports its antipsychotic rate to CMS. A high number, next to few matching diagnoses, is a red flag families can actually see.

Ask the question

Check a home's antipsychotic rate on its free report card — then ask the staff to explain it.

See the drugging rates

The homes worth asking about, plus a free report card for every Texas nursing home.