Thursday, October 29, 2009

Newspaper Investigates Dangerous Mix Of Nursing Homes And Psychotropic Drugs

…."Frail and vulnerable residents of nursing homes throughout Illinois are being dosed with powerful psychotropic drugs, leading to tremors, dangerous lethargy and a higher risk of harmful falls or even death, a Tribune investigation has found. Thousands of elderly and disabled people have been affected, many of them drugged without their consent or without a legitimate psychiatric diagnosis that would justify treatment, state and federal inspection reports show."…..

Newspaper Investigates Dangerous Mix Of Nursing Homes And Psychotropic Drugs

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