{"id":315,"date":"2015-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/is-keeping-a-patient-drugged-a-form-of-medical-malpractice\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:09:30","slug":"is-keeping-a-patient-drugged-a-form-of-medical-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/is-keeping-a-patient-drugged-a-form-of-medical-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Keeping a Patient Drugged a Form of Medical Malpractice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/medical-malpractice\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Medical malpractice<\/a> | June 30, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Recent advances in medical sciences mean that many of us will live longer lives than our predecessors. One of the unfortunate consequences of that enhanced longevity is that a significant portion of us will experience having our parents or other loved ones suffer from diseases associated with advanced age. Diseases that primarily affect a patient\u2019s cognitive abilities like Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s can make it impossible for those victims to live without full-time supervision and care.<\/p>\n<p>Many people are simply not capable of providing that level of care. Instead, many people rely on nursing homes and other long term care facilities to provide those services for their loved ones. Unfortunately, a handful of these facilities attempt to keep these patients drugged using antipsychotic medications in an effort to control them. Alzheimer\u2019s patients are particularly prone to episodic violent outbursts. Sometimes, medical care providers can abuse antipsychotic medications in an effort to limit such behavior.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/is-keeping-a-patient-drugged-a-form-of-medical-malpractice\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Is Keeping a Patient Drugged a Form of Medical Malpractice?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice | June 30, 2015 Recent advances in medical sciences mean that many of us will live longer lives than our predecessors. One of the unfortunate consequences of that enhanced longevity is that a significant portion of us will experience having our parents or other loved ones suffer from diseases associated with advanced age. 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