Nursing homes ‘sedating for convenience’

An elderly man living in a nursing home was medicated because he was upset having being informed of the death of his wife.

Nursing homes ‘sedating for convenience’

The claim was made by SAGE, the support and advocacy service for older people in Ireland.

“A resident in a nursing home was given medication when he became upset on hearing of the death of his wife,” said SAGE manager Mervyn Taylor yesterday.

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