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Elder Abuse is running rampant in Canada. In BC it appears to be orchestrated by the government.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Overprescribed: Anti-psychotic drugs in nursing homes for Dementia Patients

Recently, 16x9 did a story on the ever-incresing use of Anti-psychotics on dementia patients, in British Columbia. This epidemic has been spreading rapidly unchecked for some time, both here and abroad, as is confirmed by the following story presented in the Alzheimer's Reading Room. Check out this link to the Overprescribed Use of Anti-psychotics in Nursing Homes for Dementia Patients, as per the report by Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General Department of Health & Human Services, to United States Senate Special Committee on Aging.