[LaineyDee]

Regulations don't allow any kind of restraint for chronic "fallers" like your Dad... which has increased these types of episodes in facilities.

You take an elderly person who is confused or disoriented, put them in a bed with no side rails or a wheelchair with no lap buddy... and you're asking for disaster. If they're easily excitable, it just compounds the chances of injuries.

The reasoning? They have a "right" to fall. We live in an upside down world.

[susannah59]

You are exactly right. Yes, I've heard that "right to fall" thing before.

My dad, by the way, when he was falling, was not confused nor disoriented. He was just very stubborn and strong-willed.