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Use of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes Declines, But Falls Short of Goals
Eighteen months ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched an initiative designed to reduce the amount of antipsychotic drugs that were being prescribed off-label to nursing home residents. The early results are in and, while encouraging, still fall … Continue reading
Is Antipsychotic Withdrawal Safe For Nursing Home Residents?
Almost a year ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created an initiative with the goal of reducing the number of nursing home residents with dementia who are given antipsychotic drugs. Over the past year, more and more information has been … Continue reading
Administering Unauthorized Antipsychotic Medication Nets Three Year Prison Term
The former Administrative Director of a California nursing home was sentenced to three years in a federal prison for providing antipsychotic drugs without proper prescriptions to 23 nursing home residents in her care. The drug in question, Depakote, is often … Continue reading
Nursing Home Appeal Denied After $2M Verdict
The Landing of Canton, an Ohio nursing home, was found guilty of nursing home neglect by a jury. The jury awarded a $2 million dollar judgement to the family of the victim. This week, a federal appeals court denied the … Continue reading
Resident Burned By Compress At Lutheran Home For The Aged Arlington Heights, Illinois
The incident at the Lutheran Home for the Aged in Arlington Heights, Illinois should be required reading for all nursing home staff and resident family members. The lives of nursing home residents are often very fragile, and the treatment prescribed … Continue reading
$88,000 Settlement For Nursing Home Death from Medication Error
When people think about nursing home abuse and neglect, the images that usually come to mind are of untreated bedsores, cruel nurses and nurse’s aides, and filthy conditions. Sometimes, though, the most deadly abuse comes from simple incompetence. Medication errors … Continue reading
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