One of the more devastating legal cases Steve Levin has handled involved a nursing home resident who suffocated to death after becoming trapped between a bedrail and their mattress. Levin, a personal ...

With some extra support from their managers, staff at long-term care communities can reduce the use of physical restraints on residents without raising the risk for falls, according to a new study.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Care team “huddles” led to a reduction in physical restraint events at a children’s hospital. Restraint events ...

Government policies aimed at curbing excessive use of powerful psychiatric drugs for dementia patients in nursing homes are probably having an unintended side effect: greater use of anti-seizure ...

A South Australian government aged care home, which looks after 23 people with dementia or complex disabilities, ...