This manual is designed to help clinicians, administrators, and families attain the goal of restraint-free care of frail elderly persons.
How can health care facilities reduce the use of physical and chemical restraints without sacrificing the quality of care they provide? This creative, practical book presents innovative ideas for improving...
This book provides health and social care professionals with an authoritative reading resource on the ethics and use of restraint.
Restraint and Seclusion: The Model for Eliminating Their Use in Healthcare
"Sold in packs of 25, these portable handbooks are a necessary resource for easily and effectively informing your staff about the new CMS restraint and seclusion rules.
This book describes geriatrics practice models that are used to guide the care of older adults, allowing seniors to remain at home, prevent functional disability and preserve quality of life.
"This tool replaces the "Decision-making tool: responding to issues of restraint in aged care" published by the Department of health and Ageing in 2004.
Despite the importance of the issue, however, up-to-date and comparative information on home care in Europe is lacking. This book attempts to fill some of that gap by examining current European policy on home care services and strategies.
The public health nurse is working with the county health department on a task force to fully integrate the goals of Healthy People 2020. ... Olson KI, et al: Cornerstones of public health nursing, Public Health Nurs 28(3):249, 2011.
This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care.
Decision Making Tool: Supporting a Restraint Free Environment in Residential Aged Care