BRIDIE COX knows all about the dangers of inappropriately prescribing sedatives to vulnerable patients. After working in the disability and mental health sector in the UK for 30 years, she returned home to work in the midwest several years ago. She was shocked at what she saw, writes CARL O'BRIEN
Cox says she witnessed on several occasions the over-sedation of patients with challenging behaviour. Rehabilitation of residents was virtually non-existent, she said, as there was no meaningful therapeutic intervention.
Worse still was the attitude of senior management. While there was some good care, the main problem she said was a culture which did not place sufficient value on proper rehabilitation and multi-disciplinary care......Click for more
Source:Irish Times
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