Published: May 20, 2019
The aged care royal commission has exposed the way residents are being drugged and physically restrained by institutions that are supposed to care for them
Australia’s nursing homes have been in the spotlight for five months and there is a picture emerging of residents being routinely drugged, physically restrained for large parts of the day and subjected to an heavily institutionalised daily routine.
A theme emerging from the aged care royal commission is the tension between allowing residents small freedoms that add to their quality of life versus a bureaucratised risk aversion in nursing homes.
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