A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result of being held in physical restraints, as recorded in the patient’s ...

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 ...

New data from Massachusetts’ state mental hospital in Worcester is raising concerns about how long patients are being physically restrained. In an adult care unit in the Department of Mental Health’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights concerns,” a group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators ...

Researchers are calling for a wider debate around the use of physical restraints in aged-care homes after finding they have caused five deaths over 13 years. Five people died over a 13 year period in ...

A federal inmate had to have one of his or her limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days. Another incarcerated person died after being pepper sprayed and left shackled in a ...

Residents of bankrupt long-term healthcare facilities are more likely to suffer adverse care outcomes, according to a new working paper released this week. Researchers found patients were more likely ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — You expect the unexpected when you adopt eight kids. "Loud, active, messy, sticky, stinky," Ray and Lori Carter said describing their family dynamic. But the Carters said they ...

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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 ...