The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

Black patients presenting with psychiatric disorders to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the US have significantly higher rates of chemical restraint than their White counterparts, new ...

Until a few years ago, Anita Springsteen never gave much thought to the idea that medication could also be a weapon. Not until the day it happened before her eyes, to someone close to her. On that ...

Caring for people living with dementia has always required balancing safety and autonomy: We often want autonomy for ourselves but safety for others; and that has historically prevailed in senior ...

One of the more devastating legal cases Steve Levin has handled involved a nursing home resident who suffocated to death after becoming trapped between a bedrail and their mattress. Levin, a personal ...

Sylvia Taylor-Stein led the drive against chemical restraints. She was inspired by her grandmother who had Alzheimer's. Long-term care watchdog Sylvia Taylor-Stein remembers visiting activity rooms in ...

This is a response to your article “Five Years After Elijah McClain’s Death, What’s Changed About Colorado’s Use of Chemical Restraint?” Ketamine is not the issue with paramedics; the issue is the ...