"Chemical restraint is sometimes misused by health care workers for the convenience of the staff rather than the benefit of the patient, for example to prevent patients from resisting care, rather than improving the health of the patient;[7] it can cause more confusion in patients, slowing their recovery;[8] and it can be unclear whether drugs used for chemical restraint are necessary to treat an underlying mental health condition or whether they are being used to sedate the patient. Patients can view chemical restraint as a violation of integrity and find the experience traumatic.[d]
A Human Rights Watch report on the use of chemical restraints amongst the elderly in the US concluded that antipsychotic drugs are sometimes used almost by default to control difficult-to-manage residents.[2] The FDA estimates 15,000 elderly individuals in nursing homes die each year due to the unnecessary use of antipsychotics.[9] According to the Nursing Home Reform Act, individuals have the right to be free from physical or chemical restraints imposed for discipline or convenience and unnecessary to treat the resident's medical symptoms.[10]"
hilarious understatement to say "PATIENTS can view chemical restraint as a violation and find the experience traumatic" after a long section on how necessary it can be, wikipedia, but okay. bury that lede I guess.
