A former nursing home employee was found not guilty of abuse last week in an unusual case centering around the use of a gait belt to keep an elderly dementia patient from falling.

So a couple of weeks ago, I put my scrubs on, grabbed a gait belt and worked alongside daily caregivers. At the end of the day I was exhausted! Physically and emotionally.

Inpatient clinical care teams generally use tools such as bed alarms, gait belts, closer nursing station placement and more to prevent patient falls. But those interventions can hinder clinical ...

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