Escaping the Rabbit Hole is a frank and often piercing journey of a painful journey with debilitating depression. Although caring for countless patients throughout her nursing career, Tracey Maxfield came face to face with the one patient who needed her most: herself! Her story and brutal honesty helps blaze a
Reprinted with kind permission Elder abuse is one of the vilest indicators of ageist discrimination within our current civilization. Whilst the concealed ignominy of elder abuse has grown in visibility, it remains an area that is poorly examined and rarely resolved. Chemical restraint, one of the manifestations of elder abuse
Nearly half of hospital patients diagnosed with dementia were physically restrained to prevent them from harming themselves, according to a new study.Hospital patients in Japan who are living with dementia were physically restrained to prevent them from trying to get out of bed, trying to pull out catheters, and to prevent