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Violent Dementia Patients Leave Nursing Home Staffers and Residents ‘Scared to Death’

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3 months ago

Violent altercations between residents in long-term care facilities are alarmingly common. Across the country, residents in nursing homes or assisted living centers have been killed by other residents who weaponized a bedrail, shoved pillow stuffing into a person’s mouth, or removed an oxygen mask. A recent study in JAMA Network Open of 14 New York assisted living homes found that, within […]