Journal of community health nursing
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The purpose of this study was to reduce numbers of concurrently ordered sedative-hypnotic drugs for older adults in long-term (N = 220) and home-care (N = 357) settings. All active records were reviewed and numbers of sedative-hypnotics per patient were documented. ⋯ Matched pair t-tests suggested significant decreases in sedative-hypnotic use in long term, but not in the home care setting. Education in this area is critical within and across community settings.