Inspector highlights psych drug use among elderly

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 14:30 in Psychology & Sociology

(AP) -- Government inspectors will tell lawmakers Wednesday that the Medicare health plan needs to do more to stop doctors from prescribing powerful psychiatric drugs to nursing home patients with dementia, an unapproved practice that has flourished despite repeated government warnings.

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