Exploring the Safewards Programme to Reduce Restrictive Practices in Residential Aged Care: Protocol for a Pilot and Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Restrictive practice use in residential aged care homes internationally is unacceptably high. Although policies and legislation mandate the reduction or elimination of restrictive practices, there remains a gap in knowledge regarding strategies that have been effective in achieving a sustained reduction in restraint use. There is an urgent need to identify effective and feasible interventions that aged care staff can implement in everyday practice to reduce restraint use. Safewards is an evidence-based programme that has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing conflict and restrictive practice use in inpatient psychiatric settings and has the potential to address the issue of restraint use in aged care homes. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of Safewards in r

SUBMITTER: Dawson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440635 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature