Month: January 2016

By some estimates, 1 out of every 3 nursing home facilities will cause some form of abuse to the elders who reside there. Overmedication is believed to be one of the most commonly occurring forms of nursing home abuse. A report conducted by the Centers for Medicare...

Undoubtedly many elders require medication and prescriptions to treat ailments and chronic conditions. Aging takes a toll on all of us, after all. Overmedication is a very real problem for elders in nursing homes across the country, though, but not many people are...