June 1, 2011

Here is part of the assessment that is done by DDD for RHC clients who have
moved to the community.

I do not endorse this assessment – very non-objective with criteria that do not
take into consideration health, safety and quality of life of our most vulnerable
citizens.

This section is very interesting though – but it would be more interesting if we

had the data of psychotropic medication use while living in the RHC. But, even
without that data, there is a significant difference in the use of psychotropic
medications between these two groups.

It makes me wonder if the “community” providers are using psychotropic

restraints on the residents rather than providing adequate supports with people.

Washington
State Residents
Psychotropic medications taken by citizens with a Developmental Disability.
who have moved
The increase in usage of these medications once the person has moved to a
“community” setting is astounding.
out of institution
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ddd/qassurance.shtml into a National Core
“community” Incidators
COMPARISON OF QA MOVERS CLIENT DATA AND NCI CLIENT DATA Setting Standards
FROM 2007 TO MARCH 2009
Mood Disorders 70% 32%
Anxiety 54% 28%
Behavioral Problems 60% 17%
Psychotic Disorders 42% 12%