~ Antipsychotic Drugs for Dementia – YouTube
~ Antipsychotics Still Overused – YouTube
~ Drugging Dementia PAT RICE INVESTIGATIONS – YouTube
~ ‘Easier to drug people up’- US nursing homes misuse medication – YouTube
~ ‘It’s easier to take care of zombies’- HRW raises alarm over sedative abuse in US nursing homes — RT USA News – VIDEO
~ Nursing Homes Misuse Drugs To Control Residents, Report Claims – YouTube
~ Nursing homes sedate residents with dementia by misusing antipsychotic drugs, report finds – WPTV 5 West Palm Beach – VIDEO
~ Overmedicated and Misinformed – YouTube
~ Psychiatric Drug Overuse Is Cited by Federal Study – Breaking News – YouTube
~ Report: Nursing home patients over-medicated across U.S – FOX2 KTVU – VIDEO
~ Sedating aged care residents has become ‘normalised’, human rights group says – ABC News – YouTube
~ Seniors being over prescribed – YouTube
~ The problem with oversedation in United States nursing homes – Kansas City Star – VIDEO
~ United States: Oversedation in Nursing Homes – YouTube
- ~ A rampant prescription, a hidden peril: Federal data obtained by the Globe show many nursing homes make heavy use of antipsychotic drugs to pacify residents – The Boston Globe
- ~ Alzheimer’s Patients Are Being Given Too Many Meds – US News
- ~ Antipsychotic drug use for dementia patients is questioned – The Boston Globe
- ~ Antipsychotic Drug Use for Dementia Patients Still Widespread – AARP
- ~ Antipsychotic Drugs Overprescribed to Elderly – Newsmax.com
- ~ Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Homes – U.S. News
- ~ Can nursing homes get 300,000 dementia patients off deadly antipsychotics? – Al Jazeera America
- ~ Cause for alarm- Antipsychotic drugs for nursing home patients – CNN
- ~ City of Los Angeles opens investigation into drugmaker following CNN report – CNN
- ~ Dementia Patients Still Getting Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes – Forbes
- ~ Drugging dementia: Are antipsychotics killing nursing home patients? – Al Jazeera America
- ~ Elderly overprescribed sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs – Reuters
- ~ Elderly patients over-prescribed anti-psychotic drugs, concerns about overuse on nursing home patients – New York Daily News
- ~ How CNN reported on Nuedexta – CNN
- ~ In Chicago’s Nursing Homes, a Psychiatrist Delivers High-Risk Meds, Cut-Rate Care — ProPublica
- ~ ‘It’s easier to take care of zombies’- HRW raises alarm over sedative abuse in US nursing homes — RT USA News
- ~ Many commonly prescribed drugs taken by older adults can raise risk of falls – Fox News
- ~ Medications That Increase Your Risk of Falling – Newsmax.com
- ~ New report details misuse of antipsychotics in nursing homes – AP
- ~ New report details misuse of antipsychotics in nursing home – CBS News
- ~ New Study Highlights Dangers of Over-Medicated Seniors – ABC News
- ~ Nursing homes sedate residents with dementia by misusing antipsychotic drugs, report finds – CNN
- ~ Nursing homes sedate residents with dementia by misusing antipsychotic drugs, report finds – WPTV 5 West Palm Beach
- ~ Old And Overmedicated: The Real Drug Problem In Nursing Homes – NPR
- ~ Older patients being prescribed risky anticholinergic drugs over safer alternatives, U of M study finds – MinnPost
- ~ Over-sedation a crisis at nursing homes. Kansas legislation won’t help, groups say: Kansas anti-psychotic use informed consent bill gets hearing – The Kansas City Star
- ~ Report- Nursing home patients over-medicated across U.S – FOX2 KTVU
- ~ Risky Antipsychotic Drugs Still Overprescribed In Nursing Homes Despite Warnings – NPR
- ~ Study- Alzheimer’s Patients Prescribed Dangerous Combination of Drugs – Newsmax.com
- ~ The little red pill being pushed on the elderly: CNN investigation exposes inappropriate use of drug in nursing homes – CNN
- ~ US care homes over-prescribing drugs for residents with dementia, report finds – US – The Guardian
- ~ ABUSE OF ANTIPSYCHOTICS IN NURSING HOMES THE HUMAN TRAGEDY – Human Rights Watch
- ~ Alzheimer’s Care in Nursing Homes- Moving Away From Medicating – Senior Care Advice
- ~ Antipsychotics Confirmed to Increase Stroke Risk in Elderly – MedPage Today
- ~ Commonly Prescribed Anticholinergic Drugs Linked to Dementia – The People’s Pharmacy
- ~ Data show National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care achieves goals to reduce unnecessary antipsychotic medications in nursing homes – CMS.gov
- ~ Elder Abuse in Nursing Facilities- The Over-Administration of Antipsychotic Drugs to Nursing Home Residents – Center for Medicare Advocacy
- ~ Examining Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Drugs, Part One- How Seven States Cite Antipsychotic Drug Deficiencies – Center for Medicare Advocacy
- ~ High Use Of Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes Stirs Concerns, Reforms – Connecticut Health Investigative Team
- ~ Information on Individual Nursing Home Use of Psychoactive Drugs Available Here -.CANHR – California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
- ~ Nearly every older adult prescribed drug that raises risk of falling, UB study finds – UB Now – University of Buffalo
- ~ New antidepressants can increase risks for elderly, study suggests — ScienceDaily
- ~ Nursing Home Residents With Alzheimer’s- Drugged to Death? – Senior Care Advice
- ~ Older and Overmedicated: Are Seniors Prescribed Too Many Pills? – Healthline
- ~ Reducing Use of Antipsychotics in Nursing Home Patients With Dementia – Today’s Geriatric Medicine E-News Exclusive
- ~ The Misuse of Antipsychotics Among Nursing Home Residents – National Consumer Voice
- ~ “They Want Docile”: How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia – HRW
- ~ US- Nursing Homes Misuse Drugs to Control Residents – Human Rights Watch
- ~ Why Are Nursing Homes Drugging Dementia Patients Without Their Consent? – Human Rights Watch
Reports
- ~ Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia- case-control study – The BMJ
- ~ Antipsychotic Drug Use: HHS Has Initiatives to Reduce Use among Older Adults in Nursing Homes, but Should Expand Efforts to Other Settings – GAO – PDF
- ~ Increased Reporting of Exclusionary Diagnoses Inflate Apparent Reductions in Long-Stay Antipsychotic Prescribing- Taylor Francis Online
- ~ Medicare Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Claims for Elderly Nursing Home Residents – Office of Inspector General – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- ~ National Prescribing Trends for High‐Risk Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults – Rhee – 2018 – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- ~ NURSING HOME CARE IN THE UNITED STATES: FAILURE IN PUBLIC POLICY Supporting Paper No. 2 DRUGS IN NURSING HOMES: MISUSE, HIGH COSTS, AND KICKBACKS PREPARED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LONG-TERM CARE OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES SENATE (1975) – PDF
- ~ Overmedication of Nursing Home Patients Troubling – Office of Inspector General – Government Oversight – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- ~ Toxic Medicine: What You Should Know to Fight the Misuse of Psychoactive Drugs in California Nursing Homes – CANHR – PDF
- ~ Trends in fall‐related mortality and fall risk increasing drugs among older individuals in the United States,1999–2017 – Wiley Online Library
- ~ Under-Enforced and Over-Prescribed: The Antipsychotic Drug Epidemic Ravaging America’s Nursing Homes – WMD Nursing Home Report Final – DocumentCloud