Before her lay the lifeless body of an elderly patient who had fallen out of bed. The woman ... the use of four rails at once, which is considered a restraint. Instead they might use two short ...

Guard rails to keep the elderly from falling out of bed can instead become cages that may kill or injure, according to a report. From 1985 to 2013, the Food and Drug Administration received 901 ...

Urged in a 2013 petition by Public Citizen and other advocates, including Black, to ban bed rails, the federal agencies that oversee the products have instead focused on recalls and producing ...