LogFAQs > #885625075

wolfy42 posted...

Um, freedom of speech? You should be able to call anyone anything you freaking want. You have to deal with the consequences, and if you incite a riot or something that could be illegal, but how can you legally state someone can't say something, even if it's calling someone a name?

I mean it's not even illegal to use racial slurs etc, wth?

It's for cases that are willful and repeated, after being informed how they would like to be addressed. In essence, a form of verbal harassment.

This is for long term care facilities, which I presume would be elderly patients. This verbal harassment could constitute mental abuse, defined as:

Deprivation by a caregiver of things or services that the elder or dependent adult needs to avoid physical harm or mental suffering.
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