Explain antipsychotic risk and a non-drug plan to a residential care manager — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the old-age psychiatry registrar on a residential care liaison visit. ^[1]

Candidate instructions. Acknowledge staff injury and facility pressures; explain multifactorial behaviour (medical causes, pain, unmet needs, care approach); outline non-drug and staff-training plans with plain-language evidence; explain why antipsychotics are not first-line for wandering or calling out and carry death/fall risks; clarify when a short low-dose course might still be used with review; address chemical restraint and documentation; agree a written collaborative plan and follow-up. Examiner plays the care manager. ^[1][2][3]