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Tips to prevent restraint injuries

  • Review the resident's plan of care to determine the risk for using restraints. Risks factors include problems with falling, positioning, elopement and/or wandering.
  • Learn about the drugs your or your loved one is taking. Many books are available that contain easy-to-understand descriptions, adverse side effects, and what medical conditions certain drugs are used to treat.
  • If a restraint is used, remember that the law requires the doctor to write an order for the restraint that details the duration and circumstances under it can be used. Ask to see the order.
  • After reading the order, discuss the restraint use with the physician and ask how the restraint will help the resident's function. If you are dissatisfied with the explanation and believe the restraint is unnecessary, contact authorities. Pennsylvania residents can click here for contact information .

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Sources: Health Care Financing Administration; Annals of Long-Term Care 1999; Health Care Financing Administration, Side Rails Interim Policy (1997); Health Care Financing Administration, Guidance to Surveyors--Long Term Care Facilities (1995); Risk Factors for Physical Restraint Use in Nursing Homes: Pre- and Post-Implementation of the Nursing Home Reform Act," Castle, Fogle, and Mor, The Gerontologist 37(6), 1997.
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