Prescription Medication Misuse
August 28, 2015
An investigation by ABC 10 in Sacramento has unveiled that powerful tranquilizers are being over prescribed to nursing home residents who are diagnosed with dementia....
August 17, 2015
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s Open Payments Website: “Sometimes, doctors and hospitals have financial relationships with health care manufacturing companies. These relationships...
May 12, 2014
A new study has been released which concludes that “Nearly one in five Medicare patients are victims of medical injuries that often aren’t related to...
May 31, 2012
The use of physical and chemical restraints in California nursing homes is sometimes a necessary way of protecting patients from injuring themselves and others. When...
April 30, 2012
With the aging of America, more and more older people will be living in nursing homes than ever before. According to available data, there were...
November 21, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services recently released a report revealing the excessive amount of “potentially lethal” antipsychotic drugs that nursing homes are dispensing...