When drug errors affect older Americans, they are more serious, as drugs affect them differently than younger people. Often a full dose for a younger person is too much for our elders.<\/p>\n
Recent studies done across the nation are showing that over half of the residents in care homes are victims of prescription errors. These errors may be anything from uncomfortable side effects to death. Who is responsible for the medication errors? Typically, the people who cause medication errors are nursing home staff, pharmacists and other physicians treating the elderly.<\/p>\n
The unfortunate thing when dealing with medication mess ups and the elderly is that even the smallest of goofs may end up being a royal disaster. It only takes one small error to set off a chain of cascading mistakes that may have deadly results.<\/p>\n
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