Sydney dementia patient tied up and drugged at nursing home, inquiry hears

Aged care royal commission told Terry Reeves given antipsychotic drugs without family’s consent and restrained for 14 hours

The daughters of a Sydney dementia patient insist their father was left a broken man after being tied up and medicated with antipsychotic drugs during a 61-day stint at a nursing home.

During emotional testimonies to the aged care royal commission on Tuesday, Terry Reeves’s daughters, Michelle McCulla and Natalie Smith, recounted his harrowing treatment at Garden View nursing home, during a respite stay while his wife holidayed overseas.

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