FYI: for people who don't know what's really going on. The homes in the US are prescribing unnecessary medication for 3 reasons: 1) To bill for the medication

FYI: for people who don't know what's really going on. The homes in the US are prescribing unnecessary medication for 3 reasons: 1) To bill for the medication and dose administration. 2) To bill for the skilled nursing staff. 3) To make the resients more docile, reducing caretaking costs. These perverse economic incentives greatly impact the residents' health. It's important, especially in the US, for all patients to have an advocate (asking questions and helping to make good decisions) mediating between the patient and provider. Ideally that's a family member. Besides over-medication risks, there are also lawyers fleecing the elderly out of their assets. It's low-risk to the lawyers because elderly patients die, and what's the family going to do - sue a lawyer? Source: San Jose Mercury News has had several articles on this over the years.