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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is the pendulum has swing too far in not allowing nursing homes to medicate and if needed restrain elderly violent dementia patients.

If a person with dementia refuses medication you can’t coerce or force can’t person who has the mind of a toddler to take that medication.

Nursing homes cant use bed rails so an agitated elderly person can get out of bed at night, restraints cant be used and they can’t lock a resident in their room or use a baby gate.

This leads to other residents and staff being regularly assaulted 
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Some don't even allow for a bed alarm which would at least alert staff that someone was getting out of bed.   When it got to the point of needing to place my dad in one (he unfortunately got violent when he was confused/scared and it wasn't safe for my mom or for him to be in a house with little kids who are unpredictable) I was surprised by how many places said they don't use bed alarms.  I asked how they would know if my dad got out of his room and wandered somewhere he wasn't supposed to go and they couldn't give me anything beyond a vague "we will keep an eye on him".

I don't blame the staff.  I work in healthcare and know how horribly understaffed those places are.  Administration is to blame [/quote]

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