These programs include bladder retraining programs, reduced use of restraints, and improved dietary services. It is important to empower the facility staff to assist with these plans. Facilities practicing the Eden AlternativeTM include the use of live plants, animals, and children. Kidder, Samuel W., and John E. Kalachnik. Remedies were also discussed.
Data indicate a neutral trend in antianxiety medication usage and a decrease in hypnotic drug use.
In addition to a decline in drug usage, data indicate change in average dosages which helped to lessen the risk of side effects. Changes in drug usage were affected by the passage of OBRA '87, practices of geriatric medicine, and changes in guidelines. Robinovitch, Stephen N., and Terrence Cronin. Perception of Postural Limits in Elderly Nursing Home and Day Care Participants . Our movements are determined by two different sets of constraints.