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 | Apr 17, 2024 | Brian P. Murphy, dementia, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, Nursing Home Investigations, Nursing Home Malpractice, nursing home neglect, nursing home reforms, nursing home sexual abuse, nursing homes, prescription drugs
Dementia Residents Subjected to Improper Medication, False Diagnoses, and Neglect at Massachusetts Nursing Home A host of violations and “appalling” conditions amounting to nursing home malpractice were recently uncovered during an investigation at Bear Mountain...
by Christie D'Agostino | Apr 17, 2024 | Brian P. Murphy, Nursing Home Investigations, Nursing Home Malpractice, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes, prescription drugs
Nurse Indicted for Falsifying Records and Diverting Narcotics from Nursing Home Patients In an act of nursing home malpractice consistent both with false charting and with nursing home medication errors, a nursing home nurse falsified paperwork to divert drugs from...
by Christie D'Agostino | Jan 5, 2024 | Brian P. Murphy, Nursing Home Investigations, Nursing Home Malpractice, nursing home workers, prescription drugs
Illinois Nurse Federally Indicted for Diluting Nursing Home Patient’s Morphine In a gross act of nursing home malpractice, a registered nurse allegedly took an Illinois nursing home patient’s morphine and attempted to conceal this act by swapping the prescribed...
by Christie D'Agostino | Jun 30, 2023 | Brian P. Murphy, nursing home attorney, Nursing Home Malpractice, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, PA nursing homes, prescription drugs
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staff Shortage Places Residents in Harm’s Way: Over 250 doses of medication for 14 residents were missed at the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cumberland County, thanks to the Pennsylvania nursing home staff shortage that...
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...
