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Why was my mother prescribed a little red pill?
A daughter's attempt to find out why her elderly mother was prescribed a medication called Nuedexta.

Sick, dying and raped in America's nursing homes
The unthinkable is happening at facilities across the country: Vulnerable senior citizens are being raped and sexually abused by the very people paid to care for them.

Six women. Three nursing homes. And the man accused of rape and abuse.
Luis Gomez appeared to many to be the perfect nursing aide. But now a different image has emerged.

No one believed he would rape nursing home residents. Now he is going to prison
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN
At first, no one believed them when they said the charming, well-liked aide in the nursing home where they lived had raped them.

My mother was raped at 88
A daughter's story about how her mother was raped at age 88 -- but never defeated.

The little red pill being pushed on the elderly
CNN investigation exposes inappropriate use of drug in nursing homes

How CNN reported on Nuedexta
By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken and Sergio Hernandez, CNN Investigates
CNN has released an investigation exposing the inappropriate and potentially fraudulent use of a popular nursing home drug called Nuedexta. Read it here.

City of Los Angeles opens investigation into drugmaker following CNN report
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN Investigates
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has launched an investigation into California-based drugmaker Avanir Pharmaceuticals, the subject of a CNN report into its aggressive targeting of nursing home residents with a drug called Nuedexta that may be unnecessary or unsafe for this population.