Dignity of Elders: Carole Hayes-Collier
First Aired: 11-01-2011 -- 1 comment | Add comment
Why are nearly a third of all elders in nursing homes given anti-psychotic drugs, despite life threatening side effects? Are medications being used as chemical restraints? Can nursing homes be places of dignity — or should they be abolished?
Carole Hayes-Collier was diagnosed schizophrenic at 19 and left to a lifetime of hospitalization. When she recovered, the abuses she witnessed inspired her to join the Gray Panthers and dedicate her life to elder rights and mental health.
http://graypanthers.org
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119672919018312521.html
http://www.canhr.org/stop-drugging
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This is terrible and going on in the UK. My father was put on Rispiridon and Seroquel. It is disgusting what they are doing here in the UK.
I have a website called psychiatricabuseuk.com (Posterous Site) – I cannot talk about my Dad’s case at the moment but will do after it has gone to court – I am talking about my daughter at the moment in shocking detail.