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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They dope them up and leave em in wheelchairs all day. Very sad.[/quote]

Do you have any idea what is going on in many homes where the family is caring for the elderly? There are countless stories of one spouse abusing the other out of burn out and exhaustion, elderly on the floor all day with a hip fracture after a fall, the elderly person spending all day not doped up and miserable staring at a TV screen.

My experience is they don't dope up the elderly. They work with the family to find optimal medication dosage for decent quality of life. The only ones who need to be doped up are the highly aggressive and abusive because everyone around them has the right to safety.[/quote]

Not sure what your level of experience is but I've been to dozens of facilities seeing hundreds of residents. Including at very high-end facilities. Just about all of the people were over-medicated and it didn't necessarily mean it was because they were abusive or aggressive. Once they got to a point where they were TOO LABOR INTENSIVE they cranked up meds (i.e. very frail, mobility issues, frequent bathroom calls)  It affects the corporate bottom line if you need to hire more CNAs to care for people. Getting a quack doctor to write an Rx is much easier.

I knew one resident who was in his mid-50s - stroke survivor. Paralysis but his mind was sharp as a tack. They wanted to leave him in bed all day and TRIED to get him to willingly take meds but he refused. Thankfully, he was transferred to another facility where he could hopefully have a better quality of life. [/quote]

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