Add to ORKGIn nursing homes, restraints are intended to protect residents with mental or physical disabilities from avoidable injuries. However, dangers inherent in the use of restraints on elderly patients - including strangulation, agitation, and unnecessary immobility - weigh strongly against restraints’ protective effects. This article identifies the risk of liability as a factor contributing to the overuse of restraints and argues against such defensive practice on legal, regulatory, and ethical grounds. The article first considers liability sourced in negligence/malpractice litigation on restraints and highlights the often inflated and unreasonable perception of risk here. An examination of the reported cases involving restraints reveals that th...
This article describes the history and practice of using restraints (chemical and physical) in elder...
Physical restraint use and falls are common in institutional care of old people and various attempts...
Based on evidence of negative effects and limited efficacy of physical restraint of older adults, ef...
In nursing homes, restraints are intended to protect residents with mental or physical disabilities ...
This article begins by explaining what physical restraints are. The author then explains that the el...
It is arguable that the association of restraint with people who have severe mental health difficult...
The purposes of this article are (1) to identify resident and facility risk factors for the use of p...
It is one o’clock in the morning, you are admitting your 10th admission, another patient is crashing...
Chemical restraint, which is the excessive control of behavior through the use of medication, is jus...
Despite growing empirical evidence that use of physical restraints produces more problems than it so...
Although no evidence shows that restraints are effective for maintaining safety, preventing disrupti...
[[abstract]]Background: " Physical restraint" formerly used as a measure of protection for psychiatr...
Introduction: Although in most developed countries the use of restraints is regulated and restricted...
This article argues that there exist unnecessary gaps in the regulation of the use of physical, mech...
This article argues that there exist unnecessary gaps in the regulation of the use of physical, mech...
This article describes the history and practice of using restraints (chemical and physical) in elder...
Physical restraint use and falls are common in institutional care of old people and various attempts...
Based on evidence of negative effects and limited efficacy of physical restraint of older adults, ef...
In nursing homes, restraints are intended to protect residents with mental or physical disabilities ...
This article begins by explaining what physical restraints are. The author then explains that the el...
It is arguable that the association of restraint with people who have severe mental health difficult...
The purposes of this article are (1) to identify resident and facility risk factors for the use of p...
It is one o’clock in the morning, you are admitting your 10th admission, another patient is crashing...
Chemical restraint, which is the excessive control of behavior through the use of medication, is jus...
Despite growing empirical evidence that use of physical restraints produces more problems than it so...
Although no evidence shows that restraints are effective for maintaining safety, preventing disrupti...
[[abstract]]Background: " Physical restraint" formerly used as a measure of protection for psychiatr...
Introduction: Although in most developed countries the use of restraints is regulated and restricted...
This article argues that there exist unnecessary gaps in the regulation of the use of physical, mech...
This article argues that there exist unnecessary gaps in the regulation of the use of physical, mech...
This article describes the history and practice of using restraints (chemical and physical) in elder...
Physical restraint use and falls are common in institutional care of old people and various attempts...
Based on evidence of negative effects and limited efficacy of physical restraint of older adults, ef...