With some extra support from their managers, staff at long-term care communities can reduce the use of physical restraints on residents without raising the risk for falls, according to a new study.

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 ...

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Caring for people living with dementia has always required balancing safety and autonomy: We often want autonomy for ourselves but safety for others; and that has historically prevailed in senior ...

Government policies aimed at curbing excessive use of powerful psychiatric drugs for dementia patients in nursing homes are probably having an unintended side effect: greater use of anti-seizure ...

The California Department of Public Health cited St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka (Calif.) for using excessive measures to restrain patients, according to the Times Standard. 1. The state health department ...