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[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]

But even in person-centered care, the nursing home reserves the right to say the resident must leave, if they are threatening the well-being of staff and other residents. They can’t accommodate actively aggressive residents, especially those who might be mobile in a memory care unit. And it’s often hard to find an alternate placement. I witnessed this myself when I worked in a memory care - a resident gave an aide a black eye and pushed someone who was very fragile. It’s such difficult situation. Sometimes medication is the only way to keep someone in a placement.[/quote]

Asking that they leave is fine. That's not using chemical restraint. Chemical restraint is illegal in Maryland. That's what I'm asking about. In my parent's facility they sedate residents who continually want to go outside on a nice day or who don't want to come back in or who don't want to be picked up and moved from a chair to a wheelchair because the person doing the moving is mean -- or because they are short staffed and it's easier to move 15 zombies in wheelchairs at one time than it is to move 15 alert elderly residents. I think that's illegal. It's also very sad to see people who used to have lively personalities just sitting upright in a wheelchair with their eyes closed all day long, or slumping forward with their forehead resting on the tabletop.[/quote]

Sadly, it is what it is. Or you have to take them home.
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