Dementia patients are given antipsychotics, which FDA warns may increase the risk for deat ...

Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguise practice as schizophrenia treatment, watchdog finds.

When you search for a nursing home for your parents or grandparents, you look for the markers of safety, a clean lobby, a ...

The HHS Inspector General claims that some nursing homes are inappropriately diagnosing residents with schizophrenia and prescribing antipsychotics without proper oversight.

The staffing of qualified social workers (QSW) was associated with a significant reduction in the use of restraints in nursing homes, particularly in facilities serving residents with cognitive ...

Sylvia Taylor-Stein led the drive against chemical restraints. She was inspired by her grandmother who had Alzheimer's. Long-term care watchdog Sylvia Taylor-Stein remembers visiting activity rooms in ...

Residents of bankrupt long-term healthcare facilities are more likely to suffer adverse care outcomes, according to a new working paper released this week. Researchers found patients were more likely ...

According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), as many as 5 million older Americans are abused each year, and many of them live in nursing homes. Nursing homes use restraints with the intention to ...

Physical restraints are used on fewer than 3 percent of the 6,300 nursing home patients in North Dakota, in large part because of an ongoing educational effort, officials say. Years ago, "We had some ...

False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called chemical restraint, a government watchdog report said.