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Originally Posted by blueash
But I don't see a way to make broad rules that also protect patients who are unable to consent and would not have consented had they been less disabled.
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The rules could apply to how the patients are housed in nursing facilities. I've been to nursing homes and have seen as many as six dementia patients to a room with no privacy, no closed doors. Perhaps no doors at all on the rooms. It's not likely that anything unusual will happen in such an open environment, in my opinion.
Those who have advanced dementia don't need private rooms because they don't need privacy.