The Herald Sun reported that Alando Williams died at at Windsor Healthcare Center of Oaklanda nursing home after being given too much medication to prevent him from wandering. Williams died at the age of 64 . The heavy regimen of medication led to his wrongful death. The unsafe staffing made a chemical restraint necessary according
Monica Blackwell has been accused of taking prescription painkillers and medication for anxiety and panic disorders from 13 nursing home patients. Blackwell was an agency nurse who admitted to investigators that she stole the medications for her own use, according to the criminal complaint. Narcotics agent, Brian Kosoglow, said that the detailed accounts of patients
This article discusses how in nursing homes across the U.S., vulnerable dementia patients are being prescribed antipsychotic medications at concerningly high rates, often for reasons that go beyond their intended use. These facilities use these drugs as “chemical restraints” to manage behaviors in dementia patients that become too difficult to manage. The analysis by the Long Term Care
McKnights’ reported that researchers with the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, found that a class of drugs commonly used to treat Alzheimer’s and other dementias for nursing homes residents, has been found to slow cognitive decline over a five-year period in patients that are diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. The researchers compared cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI) to
Throughout the U.S., more than one in five nursing home residents receive the power and mind-altering antipsychotic drugs. That is more than ten times the rate of the general population, though the conditions treated by these drugs do not increase with age. In Mississippi, that goes up to one in four residents. According to federal
The Herald Sun reported that Alando Williams died in his bed at a California nursing home due to a fatal dose of medication. The California nursing home drugged Williams to keep him from wandering off. Clearly, they did not have enough staff to supervise the residents to mainatina their health, safety, and well-being. Kyomi Williams,
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