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Tweaking prescribing rules won't fix chemical restraint in aged care

  • Written by Juanita Breen (previously Westbury), Senior Lecturer in Dementia Care, University of Tasmania
Tweaking prescribing rules won't fix chemical restraint in aged careOne in five nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs.Cineberg/Shutterstock

The Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety wasn’t supposed to make any recommendations in its interim report. Yet it identified three key areas where immediate action should be taken.

Responding to the over-reliance on chemical restraint was one. The...

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