Managing Risk Minimising Restraint

This module will help you to think about restraint: what it means for you and what it might mean to others, and some ideas that could help your practice.

Learning Outcomes:

• Restraint can be a difficult issue in care homes, and the word means different things to different people.
• There are many different types of restraint, ranging from active physical interventions to failing to assist a person.
• Minimising the use of restraint is important, but sometimes it will be the right thing to do.
• Knowing the individual, valuing the views of relatives and working as a team will help reduce the need for restraint.