Human Rights Watch: Another COVID Risk - Overuse of Psychotropic Drugs on Seniors in Care
January 16, 2021
January 16, 2021
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on older people in care homes across Canada. Yet serious concerns remain for a different kind of epidemic that may continue throughout the rollout of vaccines: loneliness and isolation, combined with some homes' dangerous increase in the use of psychotropic medications.
Older people and their loved ones are sharing devastating stories of separation and loss o . . .
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on older people in care homes across Canada. Yet serious concerns remain for a different kind of epidemic that may continue throughout the rollout of vaccines: loneliness and isolation, combined with some homes' dangerous increase in the use of psychotropic medications.
Older people and their loved ones are sharing devastating stories of separation and loss o . . .