The use of physical restraints in nursing home residents with dementia
The use of physical restraints in nursing home residents with dementia The use of physical restraints in nursing home residents with dementia
Tentative results • Start June 2007 10 belts • August 2007 0 belts! • No increase use of chairs with table, deep geriatric chairs • Increase infrared systems, signal mats • More ‘ low beds’ • Increase in number of falls, but no increase in number of serious injuries
‘A miracle has occured: I can walk!’ (Resident, 81 years old, when the use of a belt was stopped)
- Page 1 and 2: The use of physical restraints in n
- Page 3 and 4: Physical restraints Any limitation
- Page 5 and 6: Determinants of restraint use • P
- Page 7 and 8: Determinants of restraint use based
- Page 9 and 10: How can we reduce the use of physic
- Page 11 and 12: Educational program • Basic princ
- Page 13 and 14: Hypotheses The educational interven
- Page 15 and 16: Restraint use 50 45 40 35 30 25 20
- Page 17 and 18: Restraint use Percentag restrained
- Page 19 and 20: Comparsion of two studies investiga
- Page 21 and 22: Attitudes regarding restraint use
- Page 23 and 24: Results opinion regarding measures
- Page 25: Pilotproject ‘Stop the belt!’
Tentative results<br />
• Start June 2007 10 belts<br />
• August 2007 0 belts!<br />
• No <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong> chairs <strong>with</strong> table, deep<br />
geriatric chairs<br />
• Increase <strong>in</strong>frared systems, signal mats<br />
• More ‘ low beds’<br />
• Increase <strong>in</strong> number <strong>of</strong> falls, but no <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
<strong>in</strong> number <strong>of</strong> serious <strong>in</strong>juries
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