De facto imprisonment and covert medication use in general nursing homes for older people in South East England
Autor: | Alastair Macdonald, G. Iain Carpenter, Alice Roberts |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Contravention Deception De facto Human Rights media_common.quotation_subject Prevalence South east medicine Homes for the Aged Humans Ethics Medical Mental Competency Imprisonment Psychiatry Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Psychotropic Drugs Informed Consent Human rights business.industry Drug Utilization United Kingdom Nursing Homes Cross-Sectional Studies England Ethics Clinical Covert Female Residence Patient Care Geriatrics and Gerontology Cognition Disorders Nursing homes business |
Zdroj: | Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 16:326-330 |
ISSN: | 1720-8319 1594-0667 |
DOI: | 10.1007/bf03324559 |
Popis: | Background and aims: There is growing interest in ethical issues in nursing home care, including capacity to consent to residence and covert medication use. This study assessed capacity to consent to residence amongst a group of randomly selected residents of non-specialist UK nursing homes and examined the prevalence of de facto imprisonment and covert medication. Methods: A cross-sectional prevalence study amongst residents in randomly selected non-specialist nursing homes in South East England. 445 residents (97 men and 348 women) were randomly selected from 157 nursing homes. Results: 14% (64) of the residents interviewed lacked the capacity to consent to residence. 6.1% (27) of residents were prevented from leaving but less than half of these lacked the mental capacity to consent to residence and may be therefore, de facto, unlawfully imprisoned. 4.7% (21) of residents on medication had receivedit covertly in the nursing home. Conclusions: A significant number of residents in the nursing homes studied did not appear to have the mental capacity to consent to being there, possibly in contravention of the Human Rights Act 1998. There appears to be a small but worrying prevalence of de facto imprisonment, and covert medication use in residents without severe cognitive impairment. |
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