Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Overuse of Antipsychotics in the Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | March 11, 2008 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Antipsychotic drugs are over prescribed to all the elderly including those in the nursing homes. Medicaid sent out a mandate last year to nursing home inspectors to crack down on the over prescribing of the antipsychotic drugs. Of the state's 398 nursing homes, 38 percent were cited last year for using such medications inappropriately, up from 27 percent in 2006.The drugs are often precribed...

• Woman Killed at Tacoma Nursing Home

  Shannon Weidemann | May 10, 2007 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The death of a patient at a Tacoma nursing home has been ruled a homicide and the family has moved foward with a wrongful death lawsuit citing abuse by the nursing home. The victim was a patient at Nisqually Valley Care Center. She had been at a local hospital being treated for pneumonia and then was transferred to the nursing home to further her care. The nursing home is accused of...

• Trustee Placed in Charge of San Antonio Nursing Home

  Beth Janicek | November 28, 2006 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Mayfield Care Center was investigated by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability (DADS) and was found not up to par. The state of Texas has placed a trustee in charge. "While investigating a complaint about the facility, DADS surveyors found the facility was providing extremely poor quality of care, which posed an immediate threat to the health and safety of residents." The release also...