Restraints in Dementia Care

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Publication Year:
2019

ISBN-13: 9781550598025

<p><b>Your best tool to optimize patient care by minimizing restraint use</b></p><p>Frontline nurses face fraught decisions every day about whether and how to use restraints in dementia care. They need to consider many complicated issues: legislation governing the use of restraints, the policies of health-care facilities, the expectations of families, and—most importantly—the well-being, dignity, and safety of patients and care providers.</p><p>Frontline nurses need <b>the right support to navigate decisions about restraint use.</b></p><p>Dr. Atul Sunny Luthra and his colleagues have developed <b>an algorithm to provide that support.</b> Their work comes from focus-group consultations with frontline staff, a review of current literature on restraint use, and a clear summary of key legislation. <b>The algorithm’s systematic approach ensures restraints are a last-resort measure, and puts the right steps in place when restraints are necessary.</b></p><p>This short guide includes:<ul><li>A review of nurses’ perspectives on restraint use.</li><li>Alternatives to restraints in patient management and assessment of clinical indicators for restraint use.</li><li>Procedures to ensure informed consent when restraints are necessary.</li><li>A reference on appropriate and inappropriate restraint use in everyday clinical situations.</li></ul>