Anne if someone is viloent and might hurt themselves or others then this is a necessary medication for them.

Its the calvalier attitude of medicating someone to make it easier on staff that galls me.

My sister was very small, 4 ft. 11 in. and she weighed in at about 95 pounds. I could manage her okay but she was a scratcher. I use to make a game called Beauty Shop where I clipped her long nails and filed them and painted them and then everyone told her how beautiful they looked short and that helped a great deal. I still have a couple of bite mark scars when I wasn't paying attention.

I NEVER medicated her to keep her quiet. I did put a lock on the outside of her bedroom door, in case I dozed off she couldn't get out and maybe wander away. I also had small padlocks put on the fridge and freezer doors so she couldn't get into mischief.