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To: Lane3 who wrote (44617)5/15/2004 3:13:16 PM
From: KLP  Respond to of 793717
 
From what I saw, seems the ACLU was trying to address the rights. i.e. people could no longer be tied in a wheelchair.

Of course, the impact of that is, people have been seriously injured because they weren't tied or strapped in their wheelchair and fell out.

My Mom is in a nursing home with Alzenheimers. I've talked to the staff many times about this. She now has a tray attached to her chair...she uses it, and doesn't fall out.



To: Lane3 who wrote (44617)5/16/2004 3:51:07 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 793717
 
A big part of the movement was about the rights of the institutionalized. It wasn't all about the burden of caring for them.

Unfortunately, the patients' rights advocates watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest once too often and pushed it one step too far, apparently. There were "unforeseen consequences". Their efforts have harmed many of the people they intended to help. Jail or the street isn't much of an improvement.

Derek


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