I can't think of a worse end to a life.Industry experts believe hundreds of assaults in nursing homes are going unreported as managers struggle with increasing numbers of violent dementia patients.
Aged care companies are not required to report assaults perpetrated by someone with a cognitive impairment such as dementia.
Lateline has been told that at least 5,000 dementia patients with severe behavioural disturbances, including violence, are being shunted around Australia's 2,000 nursing homes.
Some providers are even giving staff self-defence courses.
The revelation comes as nursing home managers come under renewed pressure to stop the widespread misuse of dangerous anti-psychotic drugs, prompting industry concerns there could be more violence in nursing homes.
Please kill me, before letting me become irreversibly deranged
