"Who will arrest and prosecute the DHHR for their common use
of chemical restraints?"

We just had a restraint/seclusion bill introduced. I'm lobbying
to have chemical restraints tacked on. Ever since my FIL's
Alzheimer's progressed to a point, that we can no longer care for
him at home, we've been having to advocate sternly (read knock
down, fights) to keep the doc's from chemically restraining him.
Every time we get rid of one med, they stick him in a chair, he
can't get out of (rifton?). We get rid of the chair, another med
shows up... It's a nasty little circle.

So far we've had to eliminate Seroquel, Xanax, Abilify, high
doses of another Valuim (sp?), high doses of a Ritalin type drug,
Risperodol, Depakote, and several others. He is not mentally ill,
and does not have ADHD. He simply can no longer retrieve his
memories.

We picked this home, eventhough it's two hours away, because they
were supposed to be against this, have a secure garden and ward
he could wander in, and are more than fully staffed. I don't
understand the need to restrain, especially since he is past the
point of violence (never was anyway), and really can't walk very
far anyway. I do know he has developed a new, colorful
vocabulary, but who the heck cares? He's 78 years old, and if he
wants to swear, let him!

We're looking at new homes, but our next closest option is 5
hours away. We live in such a rural area, that there just isn't
any in-home care, that would be adequate, much less appropriate.
His health is beginning to fail now too.

Alzheimer's is an awful, awful disease.

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