Patrice Gilgan joins
us this evening to expose the abuse and drugging of her father at the hands of
doctors and nursing home workers in two different facilities in Orange County,
California.
The first instance of abuse both physical and with drugs occurred
at Irvin Cottage Board and Care where Gerald had been sent to recover from
brain surgery. Gerald was drugged within 24 hours of admittance to the
home with massive doses of Haldol, Seroqel and overdosed on morphine.
There was no prescription for the morphine. Cottage Board and Care is
operated by St Joseph Hospice, a Catholic enterprise.
At a second
facility, Villa Valencia Skilled Nursing, (a St Michael Hospice and another
Catholic owned enterprise), Gerald was given 7 different drugs.
None of these drugs were to be used on brain injured or individuals suffering
from dementia. When Gerald was finally freed from this facility and
hospitalized again, it took more than two weeks for him to respond due to the
massive drug overload in his system.
Videos of Gerald,
and of some of the abuse he endured are available on the you tube
channel; Ireland Dallas.
Gerald Gilgan was a
retired New York City Fire Fighter.
This man did not deserve this callous
treatment. No one does. Yet it happens to the elderly every day
here in the US.
7:00 EST
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See Also:
Drugging Dementia: Are Antipsychotics Killing Nursing Home Patients?
Elder Abuse Caught on Tape
R.I.P. Dad - Justice Will be Served
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