by Christie D'Agostino | Dec 15, 2024 | antipsychotic drugs, Brian P. Murphy, dementia, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, nursing home data, Nursing Home Investigations, Nursing Home Malpractice, nursing home workers, nursing homes, prescription drugs
Antipsychotics Treat One in Five American Nursing Home Residents with Dementia, not Anti-dementia Drugs, New Study Shows Despite the announcement of a federal crackdown on inappropriate antipsychotics use in nursing homes, more than 20 percent of nursing home...
by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 17, 2023 | antipsychotic drugs, bed sores, bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, CMS, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, Nursing Home Investigations, nursing home workers, nursing homes, wrongful death
Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use: CMS has announced it will conduct investigations into certain nursing homes in an effort to uncover illegitimate schizophrenia diagnoses and any accompanying inappropriate...
by Christie D'Agostino | Nov 1, 2022 | antipsychotic drugs, Brian P. Murphy, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, nursing home data, Nursing Home Investigations, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes
Uncover What Your Nursing Home Would Rather Keep Secret: Whether they’re ongoing issues or past deficiencies, nursing homes would rather keep problems like nursing home malpractice or abuse and neglect under wraps. But nothing should be kept secret from residents and...
by Christie D'Agostino | Apr 11, 2022 | antipsychotic drugs, dementia, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, prescription drugs
White House against Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Home Dementia Patients: The use of antipsychotic drugs in elderly patients not diagnosed with schizophrenia falls into the category of nursing home medication errors, a common but lesser known aspect of nursing...
by Christie D'Agostino | Oct 12, 2021 | antipsychotic drugs, bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, nursing home neglect
Inappropriate Antipsychotic Patient Drugging in Nursing Homes Concealed: The nursing home industry and the government are masking the frequency with which antipsychotic drugs are used on elderly residents with dementia, a New York Times investigation has found. While...