In an item on Breakfast it was said that over 50% of assaults on NHS staff are by over 75 year old.
Assuming these attacks are perpetrated by people with dementia or confusion, are they really 'assaults'? I'm sure they are unsettling, or even painful, but should they be reported as assaults?
DH and i were talking about it as he works almost exclusively with dementia sufferers and he is 'assaulted' approximately once a week by his patients but he sees it as part of the job - it's not an intentional act.
Lame Limericks (but they are funny anyway) (