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Lauren Ellerman
December 9, 2014

Hate to say I told you so – Falls / Overmedication in Virginia Nursing Homes

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It seems National Public Radio is digging in to America’s long term care industry and examining issues of patient safety and care. Last week they did a feature on falls. Yesterday this great feature aired about the use of anti-psychotic medications in elderly patients. Medications that the FDA warns should…

Lauren Ellerman
August 28, 2013

Over-Medication of Virginia Nursing Home Residents

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The over-medication of nursing home patients is a major problem. By overmedication, I don’t mean too many pills for various acute or chronic conditions – but rather, whether patients are given too much of a medication such that their behavior was altered, or their behavior subdued. Think overdose. Think somnolent, sleepy, not easy…