Reducing physical restraints by older adults in home care: development of an evidence-based guideline.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Restraint use is a complex and challenging issue in home care. Due to socio-demographic trends, worldwide home healthcare providers are faced with an increasing demand for restraint use from informal caregivers, patients and healthcare providers, resulting in the use of various types of restraints in home care. Awareness and knowledge of restraint use in home care, its implications and the ethical challenges surrounding it are of crucial importance to its reduction. This research aimed to describe the development process of an evidence-based practice guideline to support caregivers to optimize home care.

Method

The practice guideline was developed according to the framework of the Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and AGREE II. The guideline was developed

SUBMITTER: Scheepmans K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7204038 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature