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02/24/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Dangerous sedative drug still being prescribed to seniors despite warnings, according to new research

Benzodiazepine, a kind of psychoactive drug, enables people to sleep or feel calm. However, in senior citizens, the use of benzodiazepine is associated with increased risk of broken hips, car crashes, and falls. This is the reason why they are considered by international guidelines as drugs that a minimal number of older adults over the […]

10/09/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Thanks to addictive opioids, senior citizens are the new drug dealers

Most people have a certain image that comes to mind when they imagine drug dealers. More often than not, it’s an unkempt younger man lurking in the shadows of a side street looking the worse for wear. Few people would expect to find an 85-year-old woman being charged with drug dealing, but this is exactly […]

07/20/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

It’s not just in America: Norwegian nursing homes are also over-medicating their senior citizens

It’s hard not to feel the overwhelming urge to take the best care of yourself possible when you hear what happens to elderly people in nursing homes. While horror stories involving specific incidents of mistreatment hit the headlines every now and then and can be extremely disturbing, a much more insidious problem is doing even […]

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