TY - JOUR
T1 - Can Physically Restrained Nursing‐Home Residents Be Untied Safely? Intervention and Evaluation Design
AU - Neufeld, Richard R.
AU - Libow, Leslie S.
AU - Foley, William
AU - White, Harry
PY - 1995/11
Y1 - 1995/11
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To develop an intervention that will enable nursing home personnel to remove physical restraints from nursing‐home residents safely and cost effectively. DESIGN: A multicenter prospective pre‐post study. SETTING: Sixteen high‐restraint‐use nursing homes, four each from California, Michigan, New York, and North Carolina. The 16 facilities has 2075 beds. INTERVENTION: A 2‐year educational demonstration study, including a 2‐day workshop, specially prepared written and video materials, and telephone and on‐site clinical consultations. Each nursing home designated a nurse to be the clinical coordinator and to lead a multidisciplinary team in conducting a restraint assessment and devising interventions for removal. OUTCOME MEASURES: We compared pre‐ and post‐study aggregate and individual facility rates of restraint use, incidents and accidents, family attitudes, financial impact, serious injuries, and staff attitudes and work patterns. CONCLUSION: Preliminary data suggest that this intervention was well received and appears to be effective in achieving restraint‐free care. 1995 The American Geriatrics Society
AB - OBJECTIVE: To develop an intervention that will enable nursing home personnel to remove physical restraints from nursing‐home residents safely and cost effectively. DESIGN: A multicenter prospective pre‐post study. SETTING: Sixteen high‐restraint‐use nursing homes, four each from California, Michigan, New York, and North Carolina. The 16 facilities has 2075 beds. INTERVENTION: A 2‐year educational demonstration study, including a 2‐day workshop, specially prepared written and video materials, and telephone and on‐site clinical consultations. Each nursing home designated a nurse to be the clinical coordinator and to lead a multidisciplinary team in conducting a restraint assessment and devising interventions for removal. OUTCOME MEASURES: We compared pre‐ and post‐study aggregate and individual facility rates of restraint use, incidents and accidents, family attitudes, financial impact, serious injuries, and staff attitudes and work patterns. CONCLUSION: Preliminary data suggest that this intervention was well received and appears to be effective in achieving restraint‐free care. 1995 The American Geriatrics Society
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb07403.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb07403.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 7594161
AN - SCOPUS:0028820117
VL - 43
SP - 1264
EP - 1268
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
SN - 0002-8614
IS - 11
ER -