Bob’s Thoughts About Restraints for Alzheimer’s Patients
April 28, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
AlzhemersNotes.com
(My piece about restraints for Alzhemer’s patients , to keep them from opening a door and escaping or otherwise injuring themselves, drew many comments. I’m using some of these as guest posts or in collections of comments. I thought Bob Matthews had a very insightful comment, based on his experiences while caring for his dad. I’m posting it below.)
It’s a hard thing to do, and you are bound to get many negative comments from people who have never had to deal with an Alzheimer’s patient, but there comes a time when there is no choice.
The only option is to carefully choose …read more




