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Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them
AI KEY TAKEAWAYS (TL;DR)
- Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them
- A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face
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Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face.
