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   Overmedicating residents in the nursing home setting is rampant. Families and friends should watch and monitor any medications that their elderly loved one is prescribed. DO NOT RELY ON THE NURSING HOME TO BE THE "EXPERTS". CHECK FOR YOURSELF! DO NOT BE AFRAID TO QUESTION THE DOCTOR!   Nursing Homes Should Re-Think Sedative Use QUOTE FROM INTRODUCTION A surprising report finds many nursing home patients are routinely drugged. Researchers say powerful sedatives and other anti-psychotics are commonplace. But now their report questions whether these drugs are necessary. September 07, 1999  Doctors 'mistake dementia in elderly'Thursday, 31 August, 2000, 23:24 GMT 00:24 UK "Doctors could be misdiagnosing thousands of elderly people with dementia because they are confusing the condition with the side-effects of many common medicines. A study carried out by researchers in the US suggests that many day-to-day drugs such as common prescription medication and pills sold by pharmacists can have side-effects similar to symptoms of dementia" |
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