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Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them

npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5980081/memory-drugs-brain-aging-dementia

A Michigan case shows how often care facilities reach for heavy sedatives to control dementia patients, despite years of federal pressure to stop. The fight over one woman's treatment exposes the impossible calculus guardians and families face when calm and safety come at a steep cost.

— via NPR, Jordan Rau

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