• TheRealKuni
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    1 day ago

    This is very common for psyche wards.

    Memory wards, not psyche wards. Important difference.

    A psychiatric patient would be able to read and understand the sign, and could then easily escape. A patient with Alzheimer’s or other advanced dementia cannot.

    (Source: I spent a few days in a psychiatric ward when I was younger and depressed, and have had multiple grandparents on memory floors at nursing homes.)