The Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety wasn't supposed to make any recommendations in its interim report. Yet it identified three key areas where immediate action should be taken. Responding ...

Restraint may be a modifiable risk factor, but more robust estimates of baseline risk are needed Hospital associated venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as pulmonary embolism and deep vein ...

Last month the aged care minister Ken Wyatt announced he would introduce regulations to address the use of “chemical restraint” in residential aged care – a practice where residents are given ...

The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

Mechanical restraint is associated with a small increased short term risk of blood clots among inpatients at psychiatric ...

Residents of a long-term care facility have the right to freedom from chemical restraints. A chemical restraint is given for a purpose other than it’s intended use, and given for punishment, coercion, ...

Black patients presenting with psychiatric disorders to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the US have significantly higher rates of chemical restraint than their White counterparts, new ...

BUTTE — When Annette Smith found out a 9-year-old Oregon girl she represents was being injected with Benadryl and other antihistamines to chemically restrain her for misbehavior and was also ...

Issues over the use of chemical restraint in a home run by the HSE were raised by HIQA following an inspection. A report following an inpsection at Rusheen House found that not all chemical restraint ...

One in five nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs. Cineberg/Shutterstock The Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety wasn’t supposed to make any recommendations in its interim report ...