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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I knew a man with dementia who almost killed his roommate in confusion and caused thousands of dollars in damage pulling fixtures out of the walls of memory care.[b] Sedating him was the only way to keep him and those around him safe.[/b] [/quote]
It probably wasn’t. The idea that dementia patients must be sedated to a zombie like state is no longer the standard of care. Psychiatric medication is often [i]part[/i] of the plan, but that’s it. Google person centered care.[/quote]

What about the roommate? Do they get person centered care too, or do they have to be assaulted and die on the altar of not medicating dementia patients?[/quote]

This. Anyone who criticizes using medication to manage abusive behavior even if it means heavy sedation, needs to go spend the day with the most challenging patients when they are UNMEDICATED. [/quote]
And you need to research how standards of care have evolved. This situation never should have happened. Most patients don’t need to be sedated into semi consciousness and thus level of violence did not erupt out of nowhere. The patient who acted violently probably never received appropriate treatment, the facility knew his condition, and he shouldn’t have been with a roommate.

Learn. Advocate. Find better facilities.
I started helping my mother take care of elders long ago when those barbaric treatments were the standard of care. I’m so thankful for the advances over the late 20ish years.  [/quote]

And you know isn’t thankful the standards of care changed- the low paid workers who are getting assaulted on a regular basis. It is horrific what is happening to them and no one seems to care.

The majority of workers in nursing homes have been hit, scratched, bit,  groped, etc.

Many have been punched in the face, had shoulder dislocations, concussions, etc.

It is ridiculous you cant put up a bed rail to make sure a dementia patient who can’t independently walk but doesn’t remember that cant get out of bed. [/quote]

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