A Newcastle nursing home has been deemed non-compliant after auditors found 90 per cent of its residents received psychotropic mind-altering drugs without written consent. These drugs included antipsychotics, antidepressantsand benzodiazepines
Auditors found 35 out of 39 residents were receiving these drugs to which the aged care facility rebutted that they had verbal consent.
As a result, the government-funded My Aged Care service has deemed the home non-compliant in that standard and failed one of eight standards that related to personal and clinical care.