Nursing Home Care For Treating Dementia May Be Better Than Home Care: Study
A new study finds that dementia patients treated at home may be more prone to injury and to suffer from unmet medical needs.…
A new study finds that dementia patients treated at home may be more prone to injury and to suffer from unmet medical needs.…
A new study warns that giving dementia patients trazodone could be as risky as giving them atypical antipsychotics.…
Federal investigators report that a third of foster care children in the U.S. prescribed psychotropic drugs are given no treatment plan or medical monitoring while taking the powerful medications.…
Doctors, bioethicists and consumer watchdogs are calling for an investigation into clinical trials involving the non-consensual injection of ketamine and other sedatives into agitated patients.…
A federal judge cleared the way for a class action lawsuit against Missouri officials, who plaintiffs say allowed unmonitored and uncontrolled prescribing of psychotropic drugs to foster children.…
An AARP study warns that the use of antipsychotics as chemical restraints on elderly patients with dementia is increasing among those who do not live in nursing homes.…
A new report by Human Rights Watch details rampant overuse of antipsychotics in U.S. nursing homes, which are used as a form of chemical restraint on patients with dementia.…
A new study warns that nursing home residents are often prescribed inappropriate medications that may put their health and lives at risk.…
The L.A. City Attorney is now investigating whether the drug Nuedexta was illegally marketed to nursing homes as a form of chemical restraint for dementia patients.…
Some nursing homes have turned to Nuedexta as a potential chemical restraint for nursing home patients with dementia who act out, which many consider to be a form of nursing home abuse.…