A recent study shows that elders with dementia are at much greater risk of hospitalization or death if they are prescribed antipsychotic medications.  For more information, read the following articles:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052601510.html http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aTJnSxKPZ0To&refer=canada For more information, contact Attorney Benjamin Gideon at Berman & Simmons, 1-800-244-3576 or visit www.bermansimmons.com

The New York Times recently reported that doctors have found the anti-psychotic medications are overprescribed for dementia and alzheimers patients, particularly those who are residents of nursing homes. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/health/24deme.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1214618341-mX42KSg/N0jjqNLeiWyVYw The Times reported that about one-third of all nursing home residents have been prescribed anti-psychotic drugs.  The drugs are often prescribed “off label,” because they have [...]

There have been a number of nursing home residents who have choked and been injured or died as a result of the failure of the nursing home and its staff to follow orders to provide the resident with a soft diet or mechanical soft diet.  These diets are intended for residents who are unable for [...]

A recent study found that “elderly dementia patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs are at three times the risk of a serious health problem or dying within a month of treatment, compared to those not given the drug.”  For more information, contact Attorney Benjamin Gideon at Berman & Simmons, 1-800-244-3576 or visit www.bermansimmons.com

Here is a story about a woman nursing home resident in Mt. Vernon, New York who was asphyxiated and died when her head was caught in the bars of her bed after nursing home staff failed to lower the bed as required. http://www.wnbc.com/news/16320692/detail.html Other nursing home staff re-arranged the resident’s body in an effort to [...]