I agree that prescribing to the wrong people is what should be stopped. And yea, the wrong people suffer. Its a huge difference between someone who works and lives independently and has relatively little physical problems and someone living in a nursing home being 90 and can barely walk.

The wrong meds have been prescribed to nursing home patients, like sleepers and antipsychotics, which made them die prematurely or die from falls. In that setting they should really look out for overprescribing and maybe look into other treatment and habits to help the elderly rest.

But for someone who is still out and about? Meh. The same rules can't apply to them, that is just ridiculous.