Elderly Drug Abuse: Over-Medication in Nursing Homes

However unfortunate, elderly drug abuse happens more recurrently in nursing homes than most people realize.  A motivating factor for some caregivers is to keep patients in a lethargic state to lessen their day-to-day workload.  After all, a comatose patient requires less attention and thus less personal care.
Proving an elderly patient has been subjected to drug […]