this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
14 points (100.0% liked)

Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related

4365 readers
66 users here now

Health: physical and mental, individual and public.

Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.

See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.

Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.

Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.

Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.

Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

OIG’s comprehensive review of 40 focused nursing home inspections completed by CMS found alarming instances of inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs and revealed vulnerabilities in care that have implications for the wider nursing home population beyond these examples. Our review found:

Nursing homes gave antipsychotic drugs to residents with dementia to manage their behavior for the benefit of staff, despite FDA’s warning that these drugs may increase the risk of death.

Even though antipsychotic drugs pose risks to residents’ health, nursing homes did not take required steps to help protect residents who were given these drugs.

Medical directors failed to prevent inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs.

Nursing home pharmacists failed to identify medical concerns and did not recommend dose reductions.

Inadequate nursing home policies and procedures undermined safeguards meant to protect residents.

top 1 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

After the horror of watching an older friend succumb to early onset Alzheimer's and literally becoming an inanimate object with a pulse, IMO the risks of these drugs are meaningless. The real horror is forcing these people to continue living when they can no longer speak, eat or even be aware of where they are. It is utterly cruel.

If my friend had realized how she was going to end up she would have taken a one-way trip to Switzerland a decade before she finally died.