Is Your Alzheimer’s or Elderly Parent Overmedicated?
August 11, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
AlzheimersNotes.com
I was asked, in a recent comment on a post, what a daughter should do when her elderly father, who had broken a leg and was in a nursing home, acted like a zombie. That previous post concerned overmedication, with a link from a post by Liz Lewis. I had related an experience with my mom.
Since I’m not trained in the medical field nor know the complete situation with the lady’s dad, I don’t want to give suggestions that will steer her in the wrong direction. So I’ll suggest places one might go for answers.
*Have you talked with his doctor to see why this amount of medication …read more




