Four Corners
The Chemical Straightjacket
TV-PG
1996 • E12 60mBy David Hardaker. This program is a special investigation into the problems nursing homes have in dealing with sufferers of dementia. Because of budget restraints, dementia patients are being treated with powerful, mind-altering drugs. One woman describes how her husband's condition rapidly deteriorated after entering a nursing home. It is expected that the number of dementia sufferers will double in the next 20 years.