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Sean Tarek Goodwin and Alexander Lewis

Family of elderly woman handcuffed by police at Sydney nursing home wants more accountability

The daughter of a woman with dementia who was handcuffed in a Sydney aged care home is demanding more accountability from police over instances of force being used against residents.

Emma Grahame's mother, Rachel Grahame, was forcibly handcuffed by six officers late at night at the St Basil's aged care home in Randwick in October 2020, after she took a lanyard and an electronic device from a desk.

Ms Grahame said the tasering of 95-year-old Clare Nowland in Cooma this week prompted her to release the vision of her mother's incident.

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