Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Exactly what happened to my Mom

This UK article described the widespread abuse of strong anti-psychotic drugs on elderly dementia patients, correctly framing the issue as an abuse of human rights.

That's the exact situation that happened to my Mom, Mina, under my brother's watch, during her first year in a nursing home. In six weeks, she went from singing, dancing, laughing, writing, self-grooming, feeding herself, etc., to: daily seizures, lying comatose 23 hours a day, losing her ability to walk or even swallow, and nearly dying of dehydration. After halting the Haldol, the seizures stopped, but she is now brain-damaged, in a wheelchair.

I've been rehabilitating her ever since... six years and counting...


Here's the link:
http://dprogram.net/2009/10/07/msm-scandalous-abuse-of-the-elderly-prescribed-antipsychotics-in-hospital-exposed/