Medication Abuse in Nursing Homes
Many things in life are hard to believe until you experience them for yourself. Finding out that nursing home staff withhold medicine from residents is one of them. Preventing residents from receiving their medications is never justified. All decisions regarding prescriptions should be made by residents’ physicians, and nursing home caregivers must administer residents’ medications as their doctors have prescribed.
If nursing home staff have been withholding medications from you or a loved one, it is important that you seek professional help. Intentionally withholding medications is often just one of many forms of ongoing staff misconduct, and staff members will continue to mistreat patients until they are given a reason not to do so. At Levine Law, we can take immediate action to protect you or your senior family member. We can help you obtain treatment, and we can hold your nursing home financially accountable for the medical bills, pain and suffering, and other harm resulting from the withholding of medication.
