by Christie D'Agostino | Dec 14, 2022 | bed sores, bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, dementia, nursing home abuse, Nursing Home Investigations, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes, wrongful death
Nursing Homes Using Epilepsy Drugs to Chemically Restrain Residents with Dementia: A new government study indicates that anti-seizure medications usually reserved for epilepsy patients are increasingly being used by nursing homes to sedate dementia patients, says a...
by Christie D'Agostino | May 4, 2022 | bed sores, bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, nursing home data, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes
Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes at Higher Risk for Bedsores: Having diabetes increases the risk of developing pressure ulcers and may impede the kind of early detection that prevents dangerous bedsores stages. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
by Christie D'Agostino | Nov 10, 2021 | bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes, pandemic, vaccine distribution
Philadelphia to Begin Enforcing Nursing Home Vaccine Mandate: With the deadline come and gone for employees to be vaccinated, Philadelphia will begin enforcing the vaccine mandate for nursing home workers, says a Philadelphia Inquirer article. The Philadelphia...
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...
