TAG / NURSING HOMES
RESULTS
MENTAL HEALTH
Watchdog Finds Nursing Homes Use Schizophrenia Diagnoses to Justify Drugging of Elderly Patients
Investigations by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General show that 17 percent of long-stay nursing home residents receive antipsychotics.
MENTAL HEALTH
“You’ll Be Disappeared”: Whistleblower Warns Psychiatric Hospitals Are Seizing the Elderly for Profit
Families of two Vietnam veterans say they were barred from contact as hospitals took control, drained Medicare and let their loved ones die.
