Assignment task: An older adult client's daughter expresses concern to the health care practitioner that her mother went to the emergency room with symptoms of dementia-related psychosis and was treated with antipsychotic medication. She asks the health care practitioner if the medication is safe. How should the health care practitioner respond? Want Assignment Help?
a. Antipsychotic medication is the gold standard treatment for dementia-related psychosis.
b. The Alzheimer's Society highly recommends the use of antipsychotics for dementia-related psychosis.
c. Antipsychotic medications are not FDA approved for the treatment of clients with dementia-related psychosis.
d. No research studies exist supporting or denying the safety of using antipsychotics for dementia-related psychosis.