Overmedication and Dementia

Very good and scary article in the New York Times regarding the use of medication to control behaviour in Nursing Homes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/health/24deme.html?_r=2&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y&oref=slogin&oref=slogin


ALWAYS ALWAYS:
be aware of the medications your relative is on when in a care facility, or at home

know the side affects.

Make sure a proper assessment has been done to see if there are reversible causes for what looks like a non-reversible dementia