{"id":47063,"date":"2017-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skolnicklaw.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/medication-theft-in-nursing-homes\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:27:44","slug":"medication-theft-in-nursing-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skolnicklaw.com\/medication-theft-in-nursing-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Medication theft in nursing homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It isn\u2019t hard to realize that there\u2019s a serious problem with prescription drug addiction happening in the nation \u2014 the headlines of every new organization in the country are screaming about it.<\/p>\n<p>What they aren\u2019t discussing nearly as much as where these drugs are coming from in the first place. While there are \u201cpill mills\u201d and dealers who specialize in prescription pills, a lot of addicts start out by stealing drugs from the place they\u2019re easiest to find: an elderly or dying person\u2019s medication bottles.<\/p>\n<p>How do thieves get their hands on the medication that should be going to patients?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In assisted living facilities, where patients control their own medications, caregivers may steal pills when they help the senior fill their pill box for the week \u2014 taking \u201cextra\u201d pain meds for themselves.<\/li>\n<li>If medication is left by a nurse in a cup on a table for a patient who is asleep or in the bathroom, another employee may simply walk in and take what he or she wants.<\/li>\n<li>Pain-medication patches, like those containing the highly-potent Fentanyl, have been removed directly from the bodies of nursing home patients who were incapable of protesting or voicing the abuse.<\/li>\n<li>Pills like Percocet or Vicodin have been removed from their bubble-wrap and over-the-counter meds like Tylenol put in their place.<\/li>\n<li>Injectable drugs have been taken by nurses and other caregivers, while the patients were given saline solution shots instead.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes nurses will \u201cskim\u201d medication out of shots, giving a patient only a partial dose and taking the rest for themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make no mistake \u2014 prescription theft from an elderly nursing home patient who is suffering chronic pain from a long-standing condition or another suffering severe pain from end-stage cancer is a serious problem. It\u2019s also <a href=\"\/practice-areas\/nursing-home-neglect-and-abuse\/\">a form of nursing home neglect and abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe that your loved one has been the victim of prescription drug theft by a caregiver, talk to an attorney today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> National Neighborhood Watch \u2014 A Division of the National Sheriffs\u2019 Association, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnw.org\/publication\/medication-theft-protecting-our-most-vulnerable-neighbors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medication Theft: Protecting Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors<\/a>,\u201d accessed July 14, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It isn\u2019t hard to realize that there\u2019s a serious problem with prescription drug addiction happening in the nation \u2014 the headlines of every new organization in the country are screaming about it. What they aren\u2019t discussing nearly as much as where these drugs are coming from in the first place. While there are \u201cpill mills\u201d and dealers who specialize in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nursing-home-neglect"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Nursing Home Medication Theft Negatively Affects Residents<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how medication theft and abuse in nursing homes is fueling the prescription drug addiction crisis and learn how to combat it.\" 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