Prescription Abuse Seen In U.S. Nursing Homes Powerful Antipsychotics Used to Subdue Elderly; Huge Medicaid Expense By LUCETTE LAGNADO December 4‚ 2007; Page A1 In recent years‚ Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics‚ AIDS drugs or medicine to treat highblood pressure. One reason: Nursing homes across the U.S. are giving these drugs to elderly patients to quiet symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and
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Elderly Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes Debra K. Showers Kaplan University Elderly Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes Are nursing homes abusing and neglecting the elderly? The elderly are abused and neglected in society today by caregivers in nursing homes. Elder abuse or neglect is a single or repeated action occurring within any relationship where there is an overlook of trust which causes injury or distress to an older
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Running head: ELDER ABUSE IN NURSING HOME SETTING 1 PAGE 10 ELDER ABUSE IN NURSING HOME SETTING Elder Abuse In Nursing Home Setting YourFirstName YourLastName University title ? Elder Abuse in Nursing Home Setting INTRODUCTION Elder abuse can be defined as the infliction of injury by a care giver in an unreasonable manner; may involve intimidation‚ confinement or punishment that results in mental anguish/mental illness‚ physical pain/harm. Physical abuse includes striking an
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experienced some form of elder abuse. Many of these incidents occur in nursing homes‚ the very places we admit our loves for long-term care. Attorney Frank Balderrama of Balderrama Law Firm‚ LLC‚ is a personal injury attorney who handles nursing home abuse and negligence cases throughout the Carlsbad‚ New Mexico‚ area. Here‚ Attorney Balderrama gives a basic introduction to nursing home abuse‚ what it is‚ and what you can do to stop it. Nursing Home Abuse Defined: Nursing home abuse is any action or inaction
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all nurses and doctors‚ in all nursing homes‚ are as friendly and caring to elders such as my grandmother. Elder abuse in nursing homes is a big issue due to the emotional‚ physical and finical problem it causes to that elderly person. Many people believe that its easy taking advantage of an elder and it’s not going to hurt them‚ but it
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out of 5 nursing homes abuse the elderly? Widespread reports of physical‚ verbal‚ and sexual assault are happening in nursing homes all over the country. Is this what we want happening to the elderly? Abuse in nursing homes is caused by many reasons. This abuse needs to stop because it is hurting the senior citizens‚ affecting our public health and costing a lot of unnecessary taxpayer money. Abuse is hurting the elderly because it is happening in many different ways. The types of abuse that are
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reports of abuse in nursing homes every year. There are many types of abuse reported as well. Even though there are many reports there are also many cases that are not reported. Elderly being abused puts them in an even more vulnerable position that what they were in. They now have to fear for their lives from the people who should be taking care of them. With reported cases and non-reported cases the abuser is rarely punished which makes the situation much worse. Elder abuse in nursing homes has grown
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medical training to work in a nursing home? Of course an employee must be background checked before they start working‚ but do we really know if our families are safe in their hands? You might think abuse or neglect does not happen within the special home your loved ones are staying in‚ but in fact‚ it happens within almost every single nursing home. This abuse and neglect is happening because of the inadequate care of the staff. The nurse you see working with nursing home residents‚ is really just an
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elder abuse in a nursing home According to Sokolove Law thousands of elderly Americans are abused each year in nursing homes responsible for their care. A recent study found violations at 94% of nursing homes in the U.S. (1) I feel it is much higher than that because I’m a C.N.A. (certified nurse’s assistant)‚ and have been in the nursing field for almost 8 years now. Although abuse is illegal it still manages to happen more frequently and needs to be stopped. “According to the Nursing Abuse
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that these are places people go to spend the rest of their life until it’s over. Some don’t have a choice because they are terminally ill or are dying of old age. They may not get a choice in whether they have to be a nursing home or not‚ but they do get a choice in which nursing home they get to stay at. When a person is looking for a place where they want to spend the rest of their life‚ the quality of that place is very important. When I say quality‚ I am referring to the cost‚ the quality of the
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