Legislative limbo leaves the disability sector walking a tightrope to avoid potential medication harm towards people with intellectual disabilities. Commentary on "Medication oversight, governance, and administration in disability services: legislative limbo" (Duckworth & Wilson, 2022)

For example, acquiring, storing, and disposing of medication (medication management), route, frequency and monitoring for adverse reactions (medication administration), and communication and medication review (administration). Legislative limbo leaves the disability sector walking a tightrope to avoid potential medication harm towards people with intellectual disabilities. In a recent systematic review, Sheerin et al. ([5]) identified a limited number of practice frameworks for administering medication; no assessment tools for medication management in settings for people with intellectual disabilities were found; and only one specific framework (the Tasmanian medication framework) was identified. [Extracted from the article]