Next Generation Dementia Care Symposium in Oxnard on March 7
CANHR is co-sponsoring “Building Relationships: The New Medicine for Treating Dementia” in Oxnard on March 7, 2013. The event will feature a keynote address from Dr.
Month: January 2013
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Empowering Women Across the Generations – Public Policy Conference.
On Feb. 9 in Ontario, CA, sponsored by the California Federation of Business and Professional Women. One of the keynote speakers will be Patricia McGinnis, founder and Executive Director of CANHR.
Former Director of Nursing Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Drugging Nursing Home Residents
Gwen D. Hughes, the former Director of Nursing of Kern Valley Healthcare District’s nursing home was sentenced to three years in prison for drugging residents into submission with antipsychotic and anti-seizure drugs.
Medical board allows over-drugging of elderly patients
Original source:http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_22328287/anthony-chicotel-medical-board-allows-over-drugging-elderly Mercury NewsAnthony Chicotel01/08/2013 Finn Christensen was 85 years old, weak and confused when he went to El Camino Hospital in Mountain View in 2009.
“Medical Board is No Friend to Drugging Victims”
Article by Anthony Chicotel, CANHR Staff Attorney, the San Jose Mercury-News about the California Medical Board’s failure to take action in two tragic cases.
Prison Time for Nurse Who Chemically Restrained Nursing Home Residents
Yesterday, Gwen D. Hughes, the former Director of Nursing of Kern Valley Healthcare District’s nursing home was sentenced to three years in prison for drugging residents into submission with antipsychotic and anti-seizure drugs.