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September 1, 2011

Elder Abuse Lawsuit: Woman Accuses Nursing Home Of Unnecessary Drugging (USA)


Elder Abuse Lawsuit: Woman Accuses Nursing Home Of Unnecessary Drugging In Order To Take Over Social Security Payments

Very disturbing allegations have surfaced in a nursing home negligence lawsuit filed against a California nursing home by a former patient at the facility. Marsha Davis has filed a lawsuit against Country Villa of Seal Beach alleging that the facility improperly gave her psychotropic medications (Ativan) without a prescription in order to take over her social security payments.
If proved to be true, this is undoubtedly a form of elder abuse both in terms of the inappropriate drugging as well as the misappropriation of the woman's finances.
According to Medicare regulations applicable to nursing homes: each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs and define what is considered an unnecessary drug. An unnecessary drug is any drug used...

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