Call to end prolific use of chemical restraints for dementia patients

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Edgard Proy (left) and Monica his mother Source: SBS

Human Rights Watch has called for greater staffing and training in Australian nursing homes, after investigating the prolific use of chemical restraints for dementia patients.


It's called for the practice of heavily medicating sufferers to be banned outright.


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