In recent years, Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, AIDS drugs or medicine to treat high-blood pressure. One reason: Nursing homes across the U.S. are giving these drugs to elderly patients to quiet ...

By Kelly Kilpatrick No one wants to die young, but there’s a curse that comes with living to a ripe old age – the fact that you have to depend on other people to care for you. I know there are a few exceptional people who are completely independent and are able to fend for themselves till the ti...

When it comes to complaining about a nursing home, there are two trends of thought. There are those who believe that by being visible and vocal, they can get the best care for their loved one, and insure their safety. I’ve seen this work very successfully under the right circumstances. This approa...

By Jack Halpern Bill Sanders, 57, has been taking care of his 90-year-old mother for the past 14 years, both at her home in Brooklyn, New York and the nursing home where she now resides. "When I took care of my mother at home," he explains, "I found that neighbors looked down on me. They thought I w...

Quality Care at SentosaCare Nursing Homes? Wrong! Better working conditions for Nurses and other health care worker's at their thirty nursing homes? wrong again! Did SentosaCare buy Schumer's help? Read what SentosaCare does not want MY ELDER ADVOCATE to tell you. 5000 nursing home resident's reside...

Discrimination in many social and institutional environments poses an important threat to the health and well-being of gay and lesbian seniors and their families. This problem exists despite changes in attitude in recent years towards gays and lesbians, according to a recent study. Discrimination in...

In recent years, Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, AIDS drugs or medicine to treat high-blood pressure. One reason: Nursing homes across the U.S. are giving these drugs to elderly patients to quiet ...

I recently came to know a nice elderly woman, who we shall call Mrs. Rothman. Her husband, Alan was placed in Sheepshead Nursing Home in Brooklyn after a recent hospitalization. This nursing home, although mediocre at best is near Mrs. Rothman’s home. Sadie is in her eighties and very frail hersel...