@Hyolobrika @diceynes @hidden so are you suggesting that a person who is mending bones and confused about reality should be sent home as soon as they ask? no concern for their safety at all [knowing that they will likely be hurt]?

Sometimes they think they are small children too. would this have any bearing on your position?

I agree with you generally that I should be able to take risks with my life and limbs, and I wouldn't want to see anyone deprived of their free will without proper justification. I know that in the past (and probably present) people have been held against their will in mental health facilities, but IMO that's a bit different from a person coming out from surgery and thinking the government is trying to implant a device or something so they start yanking out tubes and trying to escape. In the case of an actual dementia patient you often have family who have to make decisions for them because they aren't fit anymore.