Physical Restraint Of Nursing Home Patients Limited By Law
FEBRUARY 28, 2000 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 35 The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 mandated changes in American nursing care. Chief among those changes: patients may not be restrained (either physically or chemically) unless it is medically necessary. How has that mandate fared in practice? Frail (usually elderly) nursing home patients may be unable to […]