Category Archives: Mental Health

Nursing Home Kitsch: A Comfortable Setting For Residents With Dementia

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Barry G Doyle

A nursing home in Atlanta is taking some common sense ideas and making a nursing home that might be disconcerting to everyone except the people who really matter: the residents. Anyone who has ever had a loved one who developed … Continue reading →

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Study Shows Nursing Home Fatalities Rise With Anti-psychotic Drug Use

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

The British Medical Journal published an article on February 23rd that shows a rise of mortality rates when nursing home residents are prescribed specific antipsychotic drugs. Regular readers might remember that just a few months ago I wrote about an … Continue reading →

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US Supreme Court Strikes Out Against Elderly, Infirm, and Mentally Ill

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

The verdict of Marmet Health Care Center v. Brown was recently determined by the US Supreme Court; a ruling that will have grave, detrimental effects on the elderly, infirm, and mentally ill across the country. The case began in West … Continue reading →

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Is an Alzheimer’s Cure On The Horizon?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

To paraphrase George Will, the optimist goes through life constantly disappointed, while the pessimist is occasionally pleasantly surprised. When I hear about a new drug that has shown a remarkable ability to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, I understand … Continue reading →

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Understanding The POLST: A New Kind Of Advance Directive

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

Advance directives is an umbrella term that refers to either a Living Will or a Durable Power of Attorney; both of which articulate a patient’s medical wishes when she cannot do so herself. A Living Will is document that specifies … Continue reading →

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Nursing Home Violence, Death Ruled Homicide

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

An 88-year-old woman’s death has been ruled a homicide, and police are investigating allegations that another nursing home resident is to blame. The victim lived in the Summit City Nursing and Rehabilitation nursing home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. According to … Continue reading →

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Second Nursing Home Resident Dies in Fall from Window

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Barry G Doyle

It was this past April that a resident in a Chicago nursing home fell to his death from a window at the Woodbridge nursing home in the Shakespeare District. Less than a month later, a Missouri woman has also fallen … Continue reading →

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