Tag Archives: Drugs

Changes to Medicare Drug Prices Will Soon Benefit Seniors

A table covered in one hundred dollar bills, a small clear bottle is lying on it's sides with various pills spilling out of it and onto the money.

Updated April 2025 High drug prices can be a problem for every American whose health condition requires medication. However, older people are disproportionately affected by high drug prices. While about half of all Americans between the ages of 30 and 49 report taking prescription medications, 89% of Americans who have reached the age of 65 […]

Nursing Home Residents With Alzheimer’s: Drugged to Death?

Drug Use in Nursing Homes

Despite strict government warnings and national initiatives cracking down on administering antipsychotic drugs to older people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia, dangerous abuses persist. The practice is particularly pernicious when it occurs in nursing homes, behind closed doors, where the most vulnerable residents are rarely informed or allowed to give meaningful consent before being […]