I’ve witnessed many shocking events in nursing homes. This scenario highlights the importance of family involvement. Medications can be used by staff to sedate for convenience. In this case, his words were twisted to justify the antipsychotic medication (chemical restraint).
Something to keep in mind, if you know someone that recently started a new medication with an accompanied change in a behavior, it could be the medication. And always question what you are being told when things don’t make sense.
Being told he was trying to kill himself suddenly for no reason was a bit out of character. I think they tried to blame anesthesia. Of-course they left out the part where he asked for assistance and was told to pee in his diaper.
To think, if someone had just helped him use the bathroom (done their job), this could have been avoided.
Frankly, what was done indicates the importance of bringing justice to the disgusting lazy ugly people who think they are going to go on deliberately hurting others without consequences. Firing them is not enough. Making them pay compensation for years and years is not enough. Forcibly pushing Haldol into them every week for a year might begin to function as justice. Might.
Frankly, what was done indicates the importance of bringing justice to the disgusting lazy ugly people who think they are going to go on deliberately hurting others without consequences. Firing them is not enough. Making them pay compensation for years and years is not enough. Forcibly pushing Haldol into them every week for a year might begin to function as justice. Might.
It's essential that a vulnerable person in hospital or care home has someone strong on the outside, family or friend, fighting their corner.