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Reducing Restraints in Health and Social Care

Reducing Restraints in Health and Social Care

  • First book to look at restraint across health and social care settings
  • Blends a specific focus on groups of people using services, with broader discussions of history, policy and practice
For some time there has been concern about the use of restraint on people who use health and social care services. The term restraint is used to cover a wide range of activities by means of which an individual’s freedom of movement is restricted. Challenging behaviors, organizational cultures and resource pressures all influence the use of restraint. The behaviors or situations that give rise to health and social care staff considering the use of restraint need to be understood, and there should be much greater awareness of therapeutic approaches, which are at the core of health and social care practice. This book has been produced so that the problems surrounding the use of restraints across a range of health and social care settings can be better understood. Ultimately it is hoped that the book will contribute, in some way, to levering improvements in how we understand restraint and practically in the care people receive. It is designed to appeal to a wide readership, including health and social care professionals, researchers, students and lecturers. Chapters assume no specialist knowledge.

Foreword by Lord Carlile of Berriew: "I commend this book as required reading, a most valuable contribution to a sensitive and important subject"

  • Reducing restraints in health and social care: an overview
  • Historical perspectives on restraint
  • Putting restraint in context
  • The physical restraint of children and young people
  • Physical restraint and adults with learning disabilities
  • Restraint in mental health
  • Restraint of older people with dementia - issues and dilemmas in practice and policy
  • Changing the culture of care
  • Towards restraint-free care

Order your copy at www.quaybooks.co.uk

In December, we will be highlighting in Response eNews another new book by Dr. Hughes on restraint use with an older population. Mr. Gregory Smith C.E.O. of Allentown State Hospital. Allentown Pennsylvania, U.S.A. is a contributor. Mr. Smith has work diligently over the course of his career to decrease the use of restraint and seclusion in the hospital setting. We look forward to this very important read.