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Chemical Restraint: When medication Is the Harm | Episode 90
The medication harm series closes with chemical restraint: a drug given not to treat a condition but to control behavior for staff convenience, prohibited by federal nursing home regulation, and the medication harm most often missed because it looks like treatment.
Michelle Carroll is careful with the distinction. Antipsychotics and sedatives have legitimate uses. The question is whether this drug, for this resident, was prescribed for a diagnosed condition, at the lowest effective dose, with a reduction plan, with behavior and function monitored. She puts the Regulatory and Compliance…
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