Who do I turn to if I feel my dad with dementia is being over medicated to the point where he is knocked out most of the time?

My daughter says it can take 30 days to make sure meds work. If they don't they start all over.

It’s worth remembering that aggressive behaviour, particularly to other elderly residents, may mean that he has to leave the AL and may not be accepted in other places. That is a very very difficult situation for him and for you. Some drugs take six weeks to show much change. Patience and hope for all of you - including for the medicos, who I'm sure would like it all to be solved easily.

Really, drugs both for mental conditions and for dementia are anything but an exact science, and often it comes down to cocktails of several. It is fine tuning it so that the aggression is not there, but the agitation is controlled as well. I think that you are VERY LUCKY they are keeping you long enough to play around with the cocktail to find what is right, because actually today the norm is to zonk and release. Sorry, but the sad truth. The assisted living cannot have the patient there in a state of agitation and you do not want to patient drugged into oblivion. I would be thankful they are trying. As someone who has a family member with mental illness I can tell you that it is often difficult to find the right combination of drugs and right dosages and even when the magic happens it often doesn't last. Wishing you the best. Hope that they find something that works well. So far you have only seen both ends of the spectrum where the aim is somewhere in the middle. Good luck.