The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed greater emphasis on ...

Lester Buskist never did adjust to living in a nursing home. His body and mind were deteriorating, but memories of an active life remained fresh. Just months before a serious fall put him in Highland ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ At least 14 residents of Oklahoma nursing homes suffocated or strangled to death on restraints between 1990 and 1999, according to a published report. An analysis of death ...

A new Cochrane review finds that the use of physical restraints on care home residents can be reduced without increasing the risk of falls, when frontline care staff are empowered by supportive ...