Articles Posted in Hollywood nursing home neglect

There have been many success stories when it comes to use of antipsychotic drugs for those wrestling with serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia or manic depression. However, when those same medications are given to older patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other various forms of dementia, the outcome can…

Abuse and neglect of elderly nursing home patients is always reprehensible. But there is something even more gravely distressing about a victim who dedicated a good portion of her career to protecting seniors in nursing facilities. As a mother of six and the first administrator on the Area Agency on…